Public Health Act 1936

346 Repeals. E+W

(1) . . . F1

(a) save as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this repeal shall affect any byelaw in force at the commencement of this Act, and, while such a byelaw continues in force by virtue of this proviso, any question as to its application or interpretation shall be determined as if this Act had not been passed;

(b) nothing in this repeal shall affect the constitution of any authority, board or committee constituted for any district or area under any enactment repealed by this Act, and any such authority, board or committee shall continue to act for that district or area as if they and it had been constituted under the corresponding provisions of this Act;

(c) in so far as any appointment, agreement, scheme, order, rule, regulation, [F2 byelaw,] requirement, apportionment or representation made, or any resolution passed, or any notice, direction, consent, sanction, approval, exemption or certificate given under any enactment repealed by this Act, or any charge conferred by, or any conditions imposed, or any proceeding instituted, or any other thing done, under any such enactment, could have been made, passed, given, conferred, imposed, instituted or done under or by a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by this repeal, but shall have effect as if it had been made, passed, given, conferred, imposed, instituted or done under or by that corresponding provision and, in the case of any legal proceeding, may be continued and appealed against as if this Act had not been passed;

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(e)(f) . . . F4

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(3) Any document referring to any Act or enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring to this Act or to the corresponding enactment, if any, in this Act.

(4) The mention of particular matters in this section shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of [F6 sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the M1 Interpretation Act 1978], with regard to the effect of repeals.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1

F2 Word inserted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 47, Sch. 6 para. 5

F3 S. 346(1)(d) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. IV

F4 S. 346(1)(e)(f) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1

F5 S. 346(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. IV

F6 Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1978 c. 30.