Transitional provisions
20.—(1) Anything done, or having effect as if done, under (or for the purposes of or in reliance on) a provision revoked by these Regulations and in operation or effective immediately before the time these Regulations come into operation, has effect after that time as if done instead under (or for the purposes of or in reliance on) the corresponding provision of these Regulations.
(2) Any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under a provision revoked by these Regulations is to be treated as having acquired, accrued or incurred instead under the corresponding provision of these Regulations.
(3) Any reference in paragraph (1) or (2) to—
(a)a thing done, or having effect as if done, under (or for the purposes of or in reliance on) a provision revoked by these Regulations, or
(b)a right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under a provision revoked by these Regulations,
includes a reference to a thing that has effect as if done under that provision, or is treated as having been acquired, accrued or incurred under that provision, by virtue of regulation 20 of the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023.
(4) The revocation of any provision by these Regulations does not affect-
(a)any offence committed against that provision, or any penalty or punishment incurred in respect thereof, or
(b)any investigation or legal proceeding in respect of any such penalty or punishment;
and any investigation or legal proceeding in respect of any such penalty or punishment may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty or punishment may be imposed, as if the provision had not been revoked.