Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS (EXCESS OF JURISDICTION) ACT 1984 - SECT 20

             (1)  The following Acts are repealed:

Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Act 1976

Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Amendment Act 1976

Foreign Antitrust Judgments (Restriction of Enforcement) Act 1979 .

             (2)  An order that:

                     (a)  was made under section 5 of the Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Act 1976 ; and

                     (b)  was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act;

has, from the commencement of this Act, such force and effect as it would have if it had been made under section 7 of this Act and had come into force at the commencement of this Act and:

                     (c)  the provisions of this Act (other than sections 15 and 17) apply in relation to the order; and

                     (d)  the order may be revoked or varied;

as if the order had been made under section 7 of this Act.