66Conduct, event, circumstances occurring before commencement

66 Conduct, event, circumstances occurring before commencement

(1) To avoid doubt, a function or duty may be performed, or a power exercised, under this instrument in relation to conduct engaged in, an event that occurred, or a circumstance that arose, before this instrument commences.

Note: For example:

(a) the Trust may, under section 11, revoke a licence or permit as a result of a force majeure or other event that occurred before that commencement; and
(b) a ranger may, under section 52, order the removal from Trust land of an obstruction or encroachment that occurred on Trust land before that commencement.

(2) This section does not limit section 65 of this instrument or section 7 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (as that Act applies in relation to this instrument because of paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Legislation Act 2003).