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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Responsibilities of territorial authorities in relation to waste management and minimisation - Consequential and transitional provisions

64: Bylaws made under Local Government Act 1974

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"Old bylaws are still valid if they were made before this law started"

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If you look at bylaws made under the Local Government Act 1974, you will see that they are still valid if they were in force before this section started. These bylaws are considered to be made under section 56 of this Act. You can think of them as still being in force because they were validly made under the Local Government Act 1974.

If there are any legal proceedings happening about these bylaws, they can keep going even after this section starts. This means that a territorial authority can still be part of these proceedings, and it will be like this Act was never passed.

You should know that this applies to proceedings that were already happening before this section started, and a territorial authority can carry on with them as if nothing changed.

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Part 4Responsibilities of territorial authorities in relation to waste management and minimisation
Consequential and transitional provisions

64Bylaws made under Local Government Act 1974

  1. Bylaws made under Part 31 of the Local Government Act 1974 that were in force immediately before the commencement of this section are deemed to be validly made under section 56 of this Act, and continue in force accordingly, if validly made under the Local Government Act 1974.

  2. Legal proceedings in relation to bylaws continued by subsection (1) that are pending by or against a territorial authority on the commencement of this section may be carried on, completed, enforced, or defended by or against the territorial authority as if this Act had not been passed.