Part III General
16 Application of Statutory Instruments Act 1946, to regulations.
Any power conferred by this Act to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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18 Repeal and savings.
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The enactments specified in the first and second columns of the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
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In so far as any regulation made, or having effect as if made, licence issued or other thing done under an enactment repealed by this Act could have been made, issued or done under a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal effected by the foregoing subsection but shall have effect as if it had been made, issued or done under that corresponding provision.
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Any document referring to an Act or enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring to this Act or the corresponding enactment therein.
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For the purpose of determining the punishment which may be imposed on a person in respect of an offence under any provision of this Act, an offence committed by him under the corresponding provision of an enactment repealed by this Act shall be deemed to have been committed under the first-mentioned provision.
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19 Short title and commencement.
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This Act may be cited as the Therapeutic Substances Act 1956.
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This Act shall come into operation at the expiration of one month beginning with the date of its passing.