New Zealand Legislation: Acts

12 Repeals, amendment, revocation, and savings

• (1) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.

  (2) The heading to Part 3 of the Police Offences Act 1927 is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the words “AND BOXING AND WRESTLING CONTESTS”.

  (3) The Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958, Amendment No 2 is hereby consequentially revoked.

  (4) Without limiting anything in the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, the Boxing and Wrestling Regulations 1958 shall, notwithstanding the repeal of section 71 of the Police Offences Act 1927 by subsection (1) of this section, continue in force and have the same effect and may be amended as if they had been made pursuant to section 11 of this Act except so far as section 1(2) of this Act excludes their application.

  (5) Every club or association which, as at the commencement of this Act, is approved by the Minister pursuant to the Police Offences Act 1927 to hold or conduct a boxing contest or a wrestling contest shall—

  • (a) Be deemed to be an association approved for the purposes of this Act; and

  • (b) Be deemed to have an approved constitution, articles, or rules, and rules under which contests are promoted or conducted by it,—

  as at the day this Act comes into force.

  Subsection (2): The Police Offences Act 1927 was consolidated by section 51(2) Summary Offences Act 1981 (1981 No 113), but there was no provision for the repeal of this subsection.