Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 schedule 4 paragraph 6

Preservation of old transitionals and savings

Paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 ensures that existing transitional provisions and savings from earlier legislation are not inadvertently lost when those earlier enactments are repealed by the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.

• Where an earlier law was previously repealed but subject to savings, the 1994 Act's repeal of that law does not disturb those existing savings — they continue to operate as before.
• Where a saving provision was itself enacted as part of an earlier repeal, the 1994 Act's repeal of that saving does not affect its operation to the extent it is still capable of having effect.
• Where an earlier enactment existed solely to preserve continuity of the law when one set of provisions replaced another, that continuity provision survives the 1994 Act's repeal to the extent it remains relevant.
• The overall purpose is to prevent the consolidation exercise carried out by the 1994 Act from accidentally creating gaps or disruptions in the legal framework built up through successive rounds of earlier vehicle excise legislation.