28 Repeals and transitional provisions.U.K.
(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(2)Any instrument in force at the commencement of this Act and made or having effect as if made under any enactment repealed by and re-enacted in this Act, and anything whatsover done under or by virtue of any such enactment, shall be deemed to have been made or done under or by virtue of the corresponding provision of this Act.
(3)Any enactment or other document referring to an enactment repealed by and re-enacted in this Act shall be construed as referring, or as including a reference, to the corresponding provision of this Act.
(4)In section 94(2)(c) of the M1 Post Office Act 1969, for the words “that Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “Schedule 6 to this Act”.
(5)Nothing in subsections (2) and (3) above shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of [F1sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the M2Interpretation Act 1978] (which [F1relate] to the effect of repeals).
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 28(1)(4) and Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations