16Continued operation of certain provisions not affected

16 Continued operation of certain provisions not affected

(1) The repeal of the old regulations by this instrument does not affect the continuing operation of a provision of a version of the Healthcare Identifiers Regulations 2010 that was not in force immediately before the commencement day if, immediately before that day, the provision had continuing operation because of Schedule 1 to the old regulations. (2) This section does not limit the effect of section 7 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (as it applies as a result of paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Legislation Act 2003).