Kiribati Act 1979

3 Operation of existing law.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Act, all law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which is in force on Independence Day, or, having been passed or made before that day, comes into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Kiribati and persons and things belonging to or connected with Kiribati, as it would have had apart from this subsection if there had been no change in the status of Kiribati.

(2) This section applies to law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Kiribati, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends.

(3) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to section 9 of the [1948 c. 56.] British Nationality Act 1948 as set out in Appendix C to Schedule 1 to the [1971 c. 77.] Immigration Act 1971.

(4) On and after Independence Day the provisions specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified.

(5) Subsection (4) above, and the Schedule to this Act, shall not extend to Kiribati as part of its law.