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F1SI 1999/663
(1)Every provision of this Act shall extend and apply to every enactment, whether passed or made before or after the passing of this Act, unless a contrary intention appears in this Act or in the enactment.
(2)In addition, any provision of this Act which refers to [F2statutory] provisions shall, unless the contrary intention appears in the [F2statutory] provisions, have, in relation to those provisions, such effect as is stated in that provision of this Act.
(3)The provisions of this Act shall apply to this Act as they apply to an enactment passed after the commencement of this Act and references in this Act to an enactment passed after the commencement of this Act shall be construed as including references to this Act.
F2SI 1999/663
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as excluding the application to a statutory provision of a rule of construction applicable thereto and not inconsistent with this Act.
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