173Bodies incorporated under Hospitals and Charities Act 1958

173 Bodies incorporated under Hospitals and Charities Act 1958 (1) An institution or other body incorporated under the **Hospitals and Charities Act 1958** or any corresponding previous enactment and that is not incorporated under this Act continues to be an incorporated institution or body by reason of that Act or enactment until— (a) it becomes incorporated under any other Act or law; or (b) it has ceased to exist; or S. 173(1)(c) amended by No. 2/1992 s. 3. (c) 30 June 1994— whichever first occurs. (2) Any rule or by-law of an institution or other body to which subsection (1) applies in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues in force as such a rule or by-law, except insofar as it is inconsistent with this Act or the regulations. (3) Despite its repeal, the **Hospitals and Charities Act 1958** is deemed to continue in force so far as— (a) it applies to or affects incorporated benevolent societies and institutions, the committees or boards of such societies and institutions and all other matters governing or making provision for the affairs of such societies and institutions; and (b) is necessary for the purposes of this section— except to the extent of any inconsistency with this Act or the regulations.