Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If a law (the first law ) is repealed by another law (the other law ), the first law is not revived only because the other law is repealed.
(2) If a law (the first law ) is amended by another law (the other law ), the continuing operation of the amendments made by the other law is not affected only because the other law is repealed and, in particular, the first law is not revived in the form in which it was in before the amendments took effect only because of the repeal.
(3) This section does not limit any other provision of this chapter and is in addition to any provision of the law by which the repeal is made.
(4) This section is a determinative provision.
Note See s 5 for the meaning of determinative provisions, and s 6 for their displacement.
(5) In this section:
"amended" does not include modified.
"law "includes a rule of the common law (including equity).
Examples
1 a common law offence
2 a common law rule of practice or procedure
3 a right to equitable relief