Biodiversity Conservation (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2017
59Civil proceedings under former Act not affected
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59 Civil proceedings under former Act not affected
59 Civil proceedings under former Act not affected
(1) The repeal of a former Act does not affect any civil proceedings that may be brought under the former Act in relation to a breach of the former Act or any instrument or agreement under a former Act that occurred before that repeal.
(2) The provisions of the former Act relating to civil proceedings in relation to such a breach continue to apply to those proceedings.
(3) This clause extends to breaches occurring after the repeal of a former Act in relation to a provision of the former Act (or of any instrument or agreement under a former Act) that is continued in force by this Regulation.