Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Preliminary provisions

4: Revision Act

You could also call this:

“This law cleans up and organises other laws without changing what they mean”

This law is called a revision Act. It’s meant to tidy up and organize existing laws without changing what they mean. There are a few important things you should know about this revision Act:

You can find out more about revision Acts in section 35 of the Legislation Act 2012. This explains that revision Acts aren’t supposed to change how the law works, unless they say so clearly.

Schedule 2 of this Act tells you about some small changes that have been made. These changes are allowed under section 31(2)(i) of the Legislation Act 2012.

If you want to know which laws or parts of laws this Act has tidied up, you can look at section 345.

There’s also a helpful list in Schedule 3. This list shows you where to find the old laws in this new Act when it starts working. But remember, this list is just to help you understand things better. It’s not meant to be used as an official guide forever.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions

4Revision Act

  1. This is a revision Act for the purposes of section 35 of the Legislation Act 2012 (which provides that revision Acts are not intended to change the effect of the law, except as expressly provided).

  2. Schedule 2 expressly provides for the minor amendments that have been made under section 31(2)(i) of the Legislation Act 2012.

  3. The Acts or parts of Acts revised by this Act are specified in section 345.

  4. Schedule 3 sets out where the corresponding provisions of each revised Act can be found in this Act on its commencement. The purpose of the schedule is to assist readers. It must not be interpreted as a definitive or ongoing guide to how the provisions correspond.