Regulatory Reform Act 2001

12 Repeals and savingsU.K.

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(1)Sections 1 to 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1994 Act (which are superseded by the provisions of this Act)—

(a)are hereby repealed as respects England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and

(b)shall cease to have effect as respects Scotland except in so far as they relate to the making of orders by the Scottish Ministers.

(2)Where a document has been laid before Parliament under section 3(3) of the 1994 Act before the day on which this Act is passed, but no draft of an implementing order has been laid before Parliament before that day, subsection (1) does not affect the application of sections 1 to 4 of that Act in relation to the making of an implementing order.

(3)In subsection (2) “an implementing order”, in relation to any document laid before Parliament under section 3(3) of the 1994 Act, means an order to give effect (with or without variations) to proposals in that document.

(4)Subsection (1) does not affect the continuation in force of any order under section 1 of the 1994 Act which—

(a)was made before the day on which this Act is passed, or

(b)is made on or after that day by virtue of subsection (2).