9 Revised regulations
regulation.
(2) On the coming into force of a revised regulation,
(a) the revised regulation has effect to all intents as if it were
made by the regulation making authority and all
requirements respecting the making and approval of the
regulation had been complied with, and
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(b) except to the extent specifi ed, the enactment for which the
revised regulation is substituted is repealed.
(3) A revised regulation shall not be held to operate as a new law
but shall be construed and have effect as a consolidation of the law
contained in the enactment for which it is substituted.
(4) The various provisions of a revised regulation corresponding to
and substituted for those of the enactment previously in force shall,
when they are the same in effect as those of the previous
enactment, operate retrospectively as well as prospectively and are
deemed to have come into force on the day on which the
corresponding previous enactment came into force.
(5) If on any point the provisions of a revised regulation are not the
same in effect as those of the previous enactment for which they
are substituted, then, with respect to any transaction, matter and
thing on or subsequent to the day on which the revised regulation
came into force, the provisions of the revised regulation prevail, but
with respect to all earlier transactions, matters and things the
provisions of the previous enactment prevail.
(6) A reference in an Act, regulation, document or instrument to an
enactment that is repealed and replaced by a revised regulation is,
with respect to any transaction, matter or thing subsequent to the
coming into force of the revised regulation, deemed to be a
reference to the revised regulation or the provision of it having the
same effect the repealed enactment had.
(7) A reference in a revised regulation to another enactment shall
not be construed as a declaration that the other enactment was or
was not in force immediately before the coming into force of the
revised regulation.
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