10 Repeals and application.S
(1)The enactments specified in columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule.
(2)This Act shall apply to proceedings whether commenced before or after the date of its coming into force (but not to proceedings in which proof commenced before that date).
(3)Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of the following enactments—
(a)section 2 of the M1Documentary Evidence Act 1868 (mode of proving certain documents);
(b)section 2 of the M2Documentary Evidence Act 1882 (documents printed under superintendence of Stationery Office);
(c)section 1 of the M3Evidence (Colonial Statutes) Act 1907 (proof of statutes of certain legislatures);
(d)section 1 of the M4Evidence (Foreign, Dominion and Colonial Documents) Act 1933 (proof and effect of registers and official certificates of certain countries); and
(e)section 5 of the M5Oaths and Evidence (Overseas Authorities and Countries) Act 1963 (provision in respect of public registers of other countries).