Section 71

all persons, things and circumstances appointed or created by or under the Trade Description Act 1972 (“the repealed Act”) or existing or continuing under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, under and subject to this Act, continue to have the same status, operation and effect as they respectively would have had as if the repealed Act had not been so repealed;

in particular and without affecting the generality of paragraph (a), such repeal shall not affect appointments, orders, rules and regulations issued or made under or by virtue of the repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and such appointments, orders, rules and regulations shall remain in force and shall continue to remain in force as if every

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such appointment, order, rule and regulation were issued or made under and by virtue of this Act until replaced or revoked by any appointment, order, rule or regulation issued or made under or by virtue of this Act;

nothing shall affect any person’s liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act immediately before the coming into operation of this Act and the prosecution of such offences shall be taken in accordance with the repealed Act;

any pending legal proceedings, criminal prosecution, investigation or disciplinary proceedings under the repealed Act shall be continued under the repealed Act;

and

any reference to the repealed Act in any written law shall be construed as a reference to this Act and any reference to any specific provision of the repealed Act in any written law shall be construed as a reference to a provision of this Act which corresponds as nearly as may be to such specific provision.