SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12 TRANSITIONALS AND SAVINGS
Construction of references to old and new law
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1
Where an enactment contained in this Act repeals and re-enacts an earlier enactment—
a
for the purpose of giving effect to any instrument or other document it shall be competent, so far as the context permits, to construe a reference to either enactment as a reference to the other;
b
anything done or required to be done for the purposes of either enactment may, so far as the context permits, be treated as having been done or as something required to be done for the purposes of the other.
2
In this paragraph, a reference to an enactment reenacted in this Act includes a reference to any such enactment repealed by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1923, the 1949 Act or the Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983.