Section 9 — Social Security Act 2018: Interpretation: references to old law, and using it as a guide

9 Interpretation: references to old law, and using it as a guide (1) A reference in an enactment or a document to the following former enactments or to a provision of them, is to be interpreted as a reference to this Act, or to the corresponding provision of this Act, to the extent necessary to reflect sensibly the intent of the enactment or document: (a) the Social Security Act 1964 (except sections 69FA and 132D , Part 4 , and Schedules 27 and 30 , which are provisions rewritten and replaced by the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 ): (b) the Social Welfare (Reciprocity Agreements, and New Zealand Artificial Limb Service) Act 1990 (except Part 3 and Schedule 3 , which are provisions rewritten and replaced by the Artificial Limb Service Act 2018 ). (2) Subsection (1) is subject to the consequential amendments in Schedule 10 . (3) The provisions of this Act— (a) are the provisions of those former enactments in rewritten form; and (b) are intended to have the same effect as the corresponding provisions of those former enactments. (4) Subsection (3) is subject to subsections (5) and (6) and section 11 . (5) If the meaning of a provision of this Act that comes into force under section 2 (the new law ) is unclear or gives rise to absurdity, the wording of a law that is repealed by section 455 or 456 and that corresponds to the new law (the old law ) must be used to ascertain the meaning of the new law. (6) Subsections (3) to (5) do not apply— (a) to a new law listed in Schedule 11 (identified changes in legislation); or (b) if a new law is affected by an amendment made after the new law’s commencement under section 2, to that new law after the amendment commences. Compare: 2007 No 97 s ZA 3(2), (3), (4), (5)