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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Consequential amendments, transitional provisions, and repeals - Repeals, savings, and transitional provisions

481: Repeals and saving

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"Some old laws are stopped, but some rules still apply"

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You see some laws being repealed. This means they are no longer valid. The laws listed in Schedule 7 are repealed. Some rules made under the Marine Pollution Act 1974 stay in force. You know some laws are being removed. The Marine Pollution Act 1974 is one of them. Its rules stay in place until they are revoked. The repealed laws include the ones you can find in the link to Schedule 7. These laws are no longer valid. The rules from the Marine Pollution Act 1974 keep working as if that law was still valid.

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Part 31Consequential amendments, transitional provisions, and repeals
Repeals, savings, and transitional provisions

481Repeals and saving

  1. The enactments specified in Schedule 7 are hereby repealed.

  2. Notwithstanding the repeal of the Marine Pollution Act 1974, every Order in Council and regulation made under that Act and in force immediately before the repeal of that Act by subsection (1) shall, until revoked, continue in force after the repeal of that Act as if that Act had not been repealed.