New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MINORS (PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS) ACT 1970 - SECT 3

3 Amendments and saving

(2) An amendment made by subsection (1) does not:

(a) affect the previous operation of the Act amended, or anything duly suffered, done, or commenced to be done under the Act amended,

(b) affect any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the Act amended, or

(c) affect any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, or liability as aforesaid.

(3) Any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy mentioned in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) may be instituted, continued or enforced as if this Act had not been passed.

(4) Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (1):

(a) the law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and relating to testamentary capacity and to the form of wills continues to apply to a will made before the commencement of this Act,

(b) the law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and relating to the revocation of wills continues to apply to a revocation before commencement of this Act.

(5) The amendments made by subsection (1) to Part 4 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1898 apply to and in respect of proceedings in the Supreme Court under that Part commenced after the commencement of this Act and to and in respect of a lease made under section 68 of that Act after the commencement of this Act.

(6) The amendments made by subsection (1) to Part 5 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1898 apply to and in respect of a surrender or renewal made after the commencement of this Act.

(7) The amendments made by subsection (1) to the Usury, Bills of Lading, and Written Memoranda Act 1902 do not apply to a promise or ratification made before the commencement of this Act.