Section 3 — Migration Act 1958: Repeal and savings

(1) The Acts specified in the Schedule to this Act are repealed. (2) Section 9 of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1955 and the heading to that section, and the Schedule to that Act, are repealed. (3) The War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1955, as amended by this section, may be cited as the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1958. (4) Notwithstanding the repeals effected by this section: (a) a certificate of exemption in force under the Immigration Act 1901-1949 immediately before the date of commencement of this Part shall, for all purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a temporary visa granted under this Act to the person specified in the certificate and authorizing that person to remain in Australia for a period ending on the date on which the certificate would have expired if this Act had not been passed. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a), where, before the commencement of this Part, a person who had previously entered Australia re-entered Australia and, upon or after the re-entry, a certificate of exemption purported to be issued to the person, the certificate shall be deemed to have been as validly issued as if the person had not previously entered Australia.