Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984
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20 Repeal etc.
(1) The following Acts are repealed: Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Act 1976 Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Amendment Act 1976 Foreign Antitrust Judgments (Restriction of Enforcement) Act 1979. (2) An order that: (a) was made under section 5 of the Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Act 1976; and (b) was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act; has, from the commencement of this Act, such force and effect as it would have if it had been made under section 7 of this Act and had come into force at the commencement of this Act and: (c) the provisions of this Act (other than sections 15 and 17) apply in relation to the order; and (d) the order may be revoked or varied; as if the order had been made under section 7 of this Act.