46Savings

46 Savings

46 Savings

(1) Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Children’s Court Rule 1988, had effect under that Rule continues to have effect under this Rule.

(2) In particular—

(a) this Rule applies to and in relation to all proceedings whether commenced before or after the commencement of this Rule, and

(b) proceedings pending and orders or directions made, appointments made, documents filed or served, or any other act or thing done, before the commencement of this Rule must, if of a kind to which this Rule applies, be treated as if pending, made, filed, served, or done, as the case requires, in accordance with this Rule.

(3) Despite subclause (2)—

(a) this Rule does not operate to revive any period of time for the doing of any act or thing, being a period of time that, under the Children’s Court Rule 1988, has expired before the commencement of this Rule, and

(b) a period of time under the Children’s Court Rule 1988 that is running, but has not yet expired before the commencement of this Rule, continues to run as if this Rule had not come into operation if the matter in respect of which it is running is a matter to which this Rule applies.