Section Sch3-5 — District Court Act 2016: Proceedings, etc, continue under former Act
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5 Proceedings, etc, continue under former Act (1) All proceedings pending or in progress in a court operating under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this clause may be continued, completed, and enforced only under the former Act (including the relevant rules of court) as if that Act had not been repealed by this Act. (2) All jurisdictions, offices, appointments, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, rules, regulations, seals, forms, books, records, instruments, and generally all acts of authority that originated under the former Act or another enactment continued or repealed by this Act, and are subsisting or in force on the commencement of this clause, have full effect as if they had originated under the corresponding provisions of this Act and, where necessary, must be treated as having originated under this Act.
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