Section 54 General ancillary provisions.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

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(2)

The Secretary of State may by order make such incidental, supplemental, transitional or consequential provision (including provision making modifications of enactments) as he considers appropriate for any of the purposes of this Act or in consequence of or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act; and nothing in the following subsection or any other provision of this Act shall be construed as prejudicing the generality of the power conferred by this subsection.

(3)

An order made by virtue of the preceding subsection may include provision—

(a)

for any thing duly done by a body in the exercise of functions which by virtue of this Act become functions of another body to be deemed to have been duly done by the other body; and

(b)

without prejudice to the generality of the preceding paragraph, for any instrument, in so far as it was made in the exercise of such functions, to continue in force until varied or revoked by the other body.

(4)

In so far as—

(a)

any apportionment, agreement, order or regulation made by virtue of an enactment repealed by this Act; or

(b)

any approval, consent, direction or notice given by virtue of such an enactment; or

(c)

any proceedings begun or thing done by virtue of such an enactment,

could, if a corresponding enactment which is contained in this Act had been in force at the relevant time, have been made, given, begun or done by virtue of the corresponding enactment, it shall, if effective immediately before the relevant corresponding enactment comes into force, continue to have effect thereafter as if made, given, begun or done by virtue of that corresponding enactment.

(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 42, 43, 45–48, 50–53, 54(1)(5) repealed by National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), s. 129, Sch. 16

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (28.6.1995 for specified purposes and 1.4.1996 otherwise) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 4(2), 5, 8, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 98, Sch. 3 (with s. 4(1), Sch. 2 paras. 6, 12, 16); and functions of Act in so far as still in force transferred (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1; and Sch. 4 para. 92 expressed to be repealed (1.5.2004) by 2003 c. 42, s. 141, Sch. 7; S.I. 2004/874, art. 2