Section 12 Amending provisions.
Northern Ireland
An Act may be amended, altered or repealed in the same session of F1the Assembly.
An amending enactment shall, so far as consistent with the tenor thereof, operate and be construed as part of any statutory provision which it amends and, without prejudice to F2subsections (1) and (1B) to (1E) of section eleven shall, as from the date on which it comes into operation, have effect accordingly for the purpose of the construction and operation of any other statutory provision which refers to, or is incorporated with, the provision which it amends.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
SI 1999/663
- F2
Words in s. 12(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/628), regs. 1(3), 6(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)