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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1989-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-1990/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/355",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 1990",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General transitional and saving provisions relating to sections 118 to 124",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect, in addition to the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1978, for securing the continuity of the law so far as sections 118 to 124 of the 1989 Act re-enact (with or without modification) provisions of sections 384 to 394 of the unamended 1985 Act.\n(2) References (express or implied) in any enactment (including in any subordinate legislation within the meaning of section 21(1) of the Interpretation Act 1978) to any provision of new sections 384 to 394A inserted by sections 118 to 123 of the 1989 Act shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as including a reference to the corresponding provision of sections 384 to 394 of the unamended 1985 Act.\n(3) Where an offence has been committed for the continuance of which a penalty was provided for under any provision of sections 384 to 394 of the unamended 1985 Act, proceedings may be taken under the corresponding provision of new sections 384 to 394A inserted by sections 118 to 123 of the 1989 Act in respect of the continuance of the offence on and after 1st April 1990 in the like manner as if the offence had been committed under the corresponding provision.\n(4) Where any period of time specified in any provision of sections 384 to 394 of the unamended 1985 Act is current immediately prior to 1st April 1990, and there is a corresponding provision in new sections 384 to 394A inserted by sections 118 to 123 of the 1989 Act, those new sections shall have effect as if that corresponding provision had been in force when that period began to run.\n(5) The provisions of this paragraph have effect subject to any specific transitional or saving provisions made by this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/1707",
      "affecting_title": "The Companies Act 1989 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 1990"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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