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ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 17
Exercise of powers between enactment and commencement
17 Exercise of powers between enactment and commencement
(1) If a provision of an Act (the
"empowering provision" ) that does not commence on its enactment would, had it
commenced— (a) confer a power— (i) to make an appointment; or
(ii) to
make a statutory instrument of a legislative or administrative character; or
(iii) to do any other thing; or
(b) amend a provision of another Act so that
the other Act would confer such a power;
then— (c) the power may be
exercised; and
(d) anything may be done for the purpose of— (i) enabling
the exercise of the power; or
(ii) bringing the appointment, instrument or
other thing into effect;
before the empowering provision commences.
(2) If—
(a) an Act that has commenced confers a power to make a statutory instrument
(the
"basic instrument-making power" ); and
(b) a provision of an Act that does
not commence on its enactment would, had it commenced, amend the Act mentioned
in paragraph (a) so as to confer additional power to make a statutory
instrument (the
"additional instrument-making power" );
then— (c) the
basic instrument-making power and the additional instrument-making power may
be exercised by making a single instrument; and
(d) any provision of the
instrument that required an exercise of the additional instrument-making power
is to be treated as made under subsection (1) .
(3) If an instrument, or a
provision of an instrument, is made under subsection (1) that is necessary for
the purpose of— (a) enabling the exercise of a power mentioned in subsection
(1) (a) ; or
(b) bringing an appointment, instrument or other thing made or
done under such a power into effect;
the instrument or provision takes
effect— (c) on the making of the instrument; or
(d) if the instrument or
provision is expressed to take effect at a later time—the later time.
(4)
If— (a) an appointment is made under subsection (1) ; or
(b) an instrument,
or provision of an instrument, made under subsection (1) is not necessary for
a purpose mentioned in subsection (3) ;
the appointment, instrument or
provision takes effect— (c) on the commencement of the relevant
empowering provision; or
(d) if the appointment, instrument or provision is
expressed to take effect at a later time—the later time.
(5) Anything done
under subsection (1) does not confer a right, or impose a liability, on a
person before the relevant empowering provision commences.
(6) After the
enactment of a provision mentioned in subsection (1) (b) but before the
provision’s commencement, this section applies as if the references in
subsections (1) and (4) to the commencement of the empowering provision were
references to the commencement of the provision mentioned in subsection (1)
(b) as amended by the empowering provision.
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