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Savings provisions

13.  Notwithstanding the commencement of the repeal in schedule 3 of–

(a)sections 15 to 17 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981(1); and

(b)sections 114 to 116 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004(2),

those sections will continue to have effect on and after 4th May 2006 as they had effect immediately before that date for the purposes of powers of arrest granted before that date under section 15 of the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 or, as the case may be, section 114 of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004.