36 Repeal and replacement
substituted for it,
(a) every person acting under the repealed enactment shall
continue to act as if appointed or elected under the new
enactment until the person is reappointed or another is
appointed or elected in the person's place;
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(b) every proceeding commenced under the repealed enactment
shall be continued under and in conformity with the new
enactment so far as may be consistent with the new
enactment;
(c) the procedure established by the new enactment shall be
followed as far as it can be adapted
(i) in the recovery or enforcement of penalties and
forfeitures incurred under the repealed enactment,
(ii) in the enforcement of rig hts existing or accruing under
the repealed enactment, and
(iii) in a proceeding in relation to matters that have happene d
before the repeal;
(d) if any penalty, forfeiture or punishment is reduced or
mitigated by the new enactment, the penalty, forfeiture or
punishment, if imposed or adjudged after the repeal, shall be
reduced or mitigated accordingly;
(e) all regulations made under th e repealed enactment remain in
force and are deemed to have been made under the new
enactment, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the new
enactment;
(f) any reference in an unrepeal ed enactment to the repealed
enactment shall, with respect to a subsequent transaction,
matter or thing, be construed as a reference to the provisions
of the new enactment relating to the same subject-matter as
the repealed enactment, but if there are no provisions in the
new enactment relating to the same subject-matter, the
repealed enactment shall be construed as being unrepealed
insofar as is necessary to maintain or give effect to the
unrepealed enactment.
(2) If a statute or regulation of any province or territory or of
Canada is repealed in whole or in part and other provisions are
substituted for it, a reference in an enactment of Alberta to the
repealed statute or regulation shall, with respect to a subsequent
transaction, matter or thing, be construed to be a reference to the
substituted provisions relating to the same subject-matter as the
repealed statute or regulation.
RSA 1980 cI-7 s32