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Section 44.
1(1)In so far as anything done under an enactment repealed by this Act could have been done under a corresponding provision of this Act it shall not be invalidated by the repeal but shall have effect as if done under that provision.
(2)Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above, any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or to an event which has occurred, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of any provisions of this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the corresponding thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted, or to the corresponding event which occurred, as the case may be, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of any corresponding provisions of the repealed enactments.
2Where a document refers expressly or by implication to an enactment repealed by this Act the reference shall (except where the context otherwise requires) be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
3Where any period of time specified in an enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, and there is a corresponding provision in this Act, this Act shall have effect as if that corresponding provision had been in force when that period began to run.
4(1)Directions under section 12 of the [1956 c. 68.] Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 in force at the commencement of this Act for the removal from the register of particulars of such agreements as appeared to be of no substantial economic significance continue to have effect by virtue of this paragraph.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above does not affect the operation in relation to the agreement of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act;
and where any such agreement is varied as mentioned in that paragraph—
(a)the particulars to be furnished thereunder shall include all such particulars as would be required in the case of an original agreement in the terms of the agreement as varied ;
(b)the directions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall cease to have effect, but without prejudice to the Secretary of State's power to give further directions under section 21(2) above.
5Nothing in this Act affects the right of a person to make an application to the Court in a case where an order is in force against that person under section 18(2) of the [1956 c. 68.] Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956.
6Section 41 above applies in relation to information obtained under or by virtue of—
(a)the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 ;
(b)the [1968 c. 66.] Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968 ;
as that section applies in relation to information obtained under or by virtue of this Act.
7Any particulars furnished to the Board of Trade or to the Secretary of State under section 31(1) of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 shall be treated as if they had been furnished to the Director under sections 24 and 25 above.
8An agreement which—
(a)was made before the commencement of this Act by a society at a time when it was approved for the purposes of section 11 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968 (wholesale co-operative societies), and
(b)by virtue of that approval was not subject to registration under Part I of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956,
shall, notwithstanding the repeal of that section (by the [1973 c. 41.] Fair Trading Act 1973), not be subject to registration under this Act.
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