Ombudsmen Act 1975

Miscellaneous provisions

33: Repeals, amendment, and savings

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"Changes to old laws and what happens next"

You need to know that some laws are being repealed or changed. The laws listed in Schedule 2 are being repealed. This means they will not be laws anymore. You have rights and remedies under other laws and these will not be affected by this Act. The repeal of some laws will not stop appointments made under those laws from continuing. These appointments will keep going until the current Parliament ends. Some laws will still apply to certain organisations until new parts of this Act come into force. These organisations are listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 of this Act. The old laws will keep applying to them until the new laws start.

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33Repeals, amendment, and savings

Subject to subsection (5), the enactments specified in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed.
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
The provisions of this Act are in addition to the provisions of any other enactment or any rule of law under which any remedy or right of appeal or objection is provided for any person or any procedure is provided for the inquiry into or investigation of any matter, and nothing in this Act shall limit or affect any such remedy or right of appeal or objection or procedure as aforesaid.
Notwithstanding the repeal of subsection (1) of section 4 of the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962, any appointment made pursuant to a recommendation under that subsection shall continue in full force and effect until the dissolution or expiration of the Parliament that is in existence at the commencement of this Act.
The enactments specified in Schedule 2 shall continue in force in relation to the organisations specified in Part 3 of the Schedule of the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962, as added by section 2(6) of the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Amendment Act 1968, until Part 3 of Schedule 1 of this Act comes into force.