Sea Fish Industry Act 1970

61 Repeals, savings etc.

(1) The enactments specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 6 to this Act (of which those specified in Part II of that Schedule are obsolete enactments relating to herring) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of those Parts of that Schedule, and the Order specified in Part III of that Schedule is hereby revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Part of that Schedule.

(2) In so far as any instrument made or other thing whatsoever done under any enactment repealed and re-enacted by this Act could have been made or done under the corresponding enactment in this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal of that enactment but shall have effect as if made or done under the corresponding enactment.

(3) Where any Act or any document refers, either expressly or by implication, to an enactment repealed and re-enacted by this Act, the reference shall except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to the corresponding enactment in this Act.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section 38 of the [1889 c. 63.] Interpretation Act 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals).