The Parental Bereavement Leave (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

PART 5 TRANSITIONAL AND REVOCATION PROVISIONS

Transitional provisions

16.  The revocation and re-enactment of provisions by these Regulations does not affect the continuity of the law.

17.—(1) This regulation applies to a reference (expressed or implied) in these Regulations, any statutory provision, or any other instrument or document, to a provision of these Regulations.

(2) The reference is, subject to its context, to be read as being or including a reference to any or all of the corresponding earlier provisions, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which those earlier provisions had effect.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the corresponding earlier provisions are—

(a) the corresponding provision revoked by these Regulations;

(b) the corresponding provision revoked by the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023(1);

(c) the corresponding provision revoked by the Parental Bereavement Leave (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022(2).

18.—(1) This regulation applies to a reference (expressed or implied) in any statutory provision, or any other instrument or document to—

(a) a provision revoked by these Regulations;

(b) a provision revoked by the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023; or

(c) a provision revoked by the Parental Bereavement Leave (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022.

(2) The reference is, subject to its context, to be read as being or including a reference to the corresponding provision of these Regulations, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which that provision has effect.

19.—(1) The revocation of any provision by these Regulations does not affect the previous operation of that provision, except as provided by regulation 20.

(2) The revocation by these Regulations of the savings made by regulations 19 and 20 of the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 does not affect the operation of those savings in so far as they are not specifically reproduced in these Regulations but remain capable of having effect.

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.

21.—(1) Regulations 16 to 20 have effect in place of sections 28(2) and 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) (“1954 Act”)

(2) Nothing in this Part affects any other provision of the 1954 Act.

(3) In this Part, “instrument” and “statutory provision” have the meaning given to them by section 1(c) and (f) of the 1954 Act.

Revocation

22.  The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 are revoked.

(1)

S.R. 2023 No. 55.

(2)

S.R. 2022 No. 237.

(3)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.).