35.—(1) The Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked.
(2) In so far as any application, payment, reference or award made, approval, authority, direction, notice or receipt given, warrant or document issued, or other thing done, under any Regulations revoked by these Regulations could have been made, given, issued or done under a corresponding provision of these Regulations, it shall not be invalidated by the revocation, but shall have effect as if made, given, issued or done under that corresponding provision.
(3) These Regulations shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Postmaster General before 1st October 1969 under the provisions of any Regulations revoked by these Regulations; and anything which at that date was in process of being done under those provisions by or in relation to the Postmaster General may be continued by or in relation to the Director of Savings.
(4) Without prejudice to the last preceding paragraph, where on 1st October 1969 a matter in dispute between the Postmaster General and another stood referred under Regulation 18 of the Premium Savings Bonds Regulations 1956 to the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies or a deputy appointed by him or to the Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies for Scotland, the Director of Savings shall be substituted for the Postmaster General as a party to the reference; and an award made under that Regulation before 1st October 1969 shall bind the Director of Savings.
(5) The mention of particular matters in this Regulation shall be without prejudice to the general application of section 38 of the Interpretation Act 1889 as it applies for the interpretation of these Regulations.