3.—(1) The following regulations are revoked –
(a)the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Part-time) (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Regulations 1996(1);
(b)the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Part-time) (Appointment and Conditions of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 1997(2).
(2) Without prejudice to sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978(3), any appointment, deduction, payment or application made, any approval, direction, consent, certificate or notice given, any record or list kept, any interval fixed or any other thing done under any of the regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) or for the purposes thereof shall not be invalidated by the revocations effected by that paragraph, but –
(a)in so far as it could have been made, given, kept, fixed or done under a provision of these regulations or for the purposes thereof, shall have effect as if it had been made, given, kept, fixed or done under, or for the purposes of, that provision, and
(b)where it was made, given, kept, fixed or done by or to the Board under a provision of the regulations mentioned in paragraph (1) or for the purposes thereof, but could have been made, given, kept, fixed or done by or to the Chief Constable under, or for the purposes of, a provision of these regulations, shall have effect as if it had been made, given, kept, fixed or done by or to the Chief Constable under, or for the purposes of, that provision.