Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Acts mentioned
in the First Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent therein stated.
(2) Subject as in this
Act otherwise expressly provided, and to the provisions of section 16 of the
Interpretation Act 1918 2 , subsections (3) to (6) have effect in respect of
those repeals.
(3) Nothing in this
repeal shall affect any proclamation published, Order in Council, rule, order
or regulation made, commission issued, direction given, or thing done, under
any enactment repealed by this Act; and every such proclamation, Order in
Council, rule, order, regulation, commission or direction shall continue in
force, and shall have effect as if published, made, issued, or given under
this Act.
(4) Any person holding
office, or serving, or deemed to be serving under any Act or enactment
repealed by this Act, shall continue in office or service as if he had been
appointed under this Act, and nothing in this repeal shall affect the terms
and conditions on and subject to which any person held office immediately
before the commencement of this Act.
(5) Save as therein
otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this Act —
(a)
shall affect the operation of any enactment which is in force at the
commencement of this Act, and is not expressly repealed by this Act;
(b)
shall be construed to take away, lessen, or impair any jurisdiction, power, or
authority (judicial or ministerial) which is now vested in or capable of being
exercised by the Supreme Court, or any one or more of the judges thereof;
(c)
shall affect the operation of any rules of court in force at the commencement
of this Act, or, subject to the rules of court, any practice or procedure of
the Court, or any practice or usage of or connected with any of the offices of
the Court, or the officers thereof, in force at the commencement of this Act.
(6) All actions,
matters and proceedings commenced under any Act or enactment repealed by this
Act, and pending or in progress at the commencement of this Act may be
continued, completed and enforced under this Act.
[Section 3 amended: No. 19 of 2010 s. 51.]