PART VIIGeneral

Miscellaneous and supplementary

96Transitional provisions and savings

1

Schedule 11 to this Act (which contains transitional provisions and savings) shall have effect.

2

The re-enactment—

a

in section 84(3) of, and Part IV of Schedule 5 to, this Act, of provisions contained in the [S.I. 1966/238.] Weights and Measures (Solid Fuel) (Carriage by Rail) Order 1966, and

b

in paragraphs 12 to 17, 22 and 25 of Schedule 11 to this Act, of provisions contained in the [S.I. 1978/484.] Units of Measurement Regulations 1978 and the [S.I. 1980/1070.] Units of Measurement Regulations 1980,

shall be without prejudice to the validity of those provisions; and any question as to the validity of any of those provisions shall be determined as if the re-enacting provision of this Act were contained in a statutory instrument made under the powers under which the original provision was made.

3

The provisions of Schedule 11 to this Act are without prejudice to the operation of sections 16 and 17 of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals).