71Savings and transitional

71 Savings and transitional (1) In this section, Repealed Acts are the Acts repealed by section 3. (2) The person appointed Director of Fisheries pursuant to the Repealed Acts is deemed to have been appointed Director of Fisheries pursuant to this Act. (3) A licence, permit, lease, or other authority issued under the Fish and Fisheries Act 1979 and in force as at the commencement of this Act shall remain in force as if this Act had not been passed until such time as the licence, permit, or other authority would have otherwise expired, but an application for renewal shall be made pursuant to this Act. (4) An action, prosecution, or other proceeding begun under the Fish and Fisheries Act 1979 as then in force before the commencement of this Act may be continued as if this Act had never commenced. Fisheries Act 1988 84 (5) An action, prosecution or other proceeding in respect of a thing done or omitted to be done under the Fish and Fisheries Act 1979 as then in force before the commencement of this Act may be brought, taken, and prosecuted in the same manner as if this Act had never commenced. (6) Regulations made under the Repealed Acts and in force as at the commencement of this Act shall continue to remain in force as if they had been made under this Act. (7) An arrangement made, a Joint Authority established, or other thing done under Part IIIA of the Fish and Fisheries Act 1979 and in existence or having effect as at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been made, established, or done under Part VI of this Act, and shall exist and have effect accordingly. (8) Leases granted under the Pearling and Pearl Culture Ordinance 1964 and saved under section 4(1) of the Fish and Fisheries Act 1979 and in force as at the commencement of this Act shall remain in force until they would otherwise expire. (9) Notices made under the Repealed Acts and in force as at the commencement of this Act shall remain in force according to their tenor or until repealed under this Act. (10) Where regulations or notices made under the Repealed Acts continue to exist as regulations or notices under this section and a reference is made in them to a section of the Repealed Acts, that reference shall be construed, where possible, as a reference to an appropriate or relevant provision in this Act.