Section 72 Transitional provisions, minor amendments and repeals etc.

England and Wales

(1)

The transitional provisions and savings set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect.

(2)

The transitional provisions set out in Part II of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect until such day as the Secretary of State may by order specify for the purposes of this subsection (being the day on and after which those provisions will in his opinion be unnecessary in consequence of the coming into force of provisions of the M1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968) and shall be deemed to have been repealed on that day by an Act of Parliament passed after this Act.

X1(3)

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (which are minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act).

(4)

Subject to subsection (1) of this section, the enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of Schedule 6 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 72(5) repealed by Foster Children Act 1980 (c. 6, SIF 20), Sch. 3

Marginal citations

M1: 1968 c. 49(81:3).

Editorial notes

X1: The text of s. 72(3)(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.