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sec.507Document, action, obligation or protection under previous provision of repealed Act or amended Act
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### sec.507 Document, action, obligation or protection under previous provision of repealed Act or amended Act
This section applies to any of the following—
a document made or kept under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the document continued to have effect or was in force immediately before the commencement;
an action done under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the action continued to have effect immediately before the commencement;
an entity’s obligation under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the obligation applied to the entity immediately before the commencement;
an entity’s protection under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act that applied to the entity immediately before the commencement.
Subject to a specific provision of this Act in relation to the document, action, obligation or protection, if there is a corresponding provision for the previous provision, the document, action, obligation or protection—
continues in force or to have effect according to its terms; and
may be taken to have been made, kept or done under the corresponding provision.
Subsection (2)(b) applies whether or not the previous provision refers to the document, action, obligation or protection by reference to a provision of the repealed Act or the amended Act.
Schedule 3, part 1 provides examples of the operation of this section.
s 507 amd 2024 No. 17 s 192 sch 1 pt 3 (uncommenced amendment)
(sec.507-ssec.1) This section applies to any of the following— a document made or kept under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the document continued to have effect or was in force immediately before the commencement; an action done under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the action continued to have effect immediately before the commencement; an entity’s obligation under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the obligation applied to the entity immediately before the commencement; an entity’s protection under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act that applied to the entity immediately before the commencement.
(sec.507-ssec.2) Subject to a specific provision of this Act in relation to the document, action, obligation or protection, if there is a corresponding provision for the previous provision, the document, action, obligation or protection— continues in force or to have effect according to its terms; and may be taken to have been made, kept or done under the corresponding provision.
(sec.507-ssec.3) Subsection (2)(b) applies whether or not the previous provision refers to the document, action, obligation or protection by reference to a provision of the repealed Act or the amended Act. Schedule 3, part 1 provides examples of the operation of this section.
- (a) a document made or kept under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the document continued to have effect or was in force immediately before the commencement;
- (b) an action done under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the action continued to have effect immediately before the commencement;
- (c) an entity’s obligation under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act if the obligation applied to the entity immediately before the commencement;
- (d) an entity’s protection under a previous provision of a repealed Act or the amended Act that applied to the entity immediately before the commencement.
- (a) continues in force or to have effect according to its terms; and
- (b) may be taken to have been made, kept or done under the corresponding provision.