Cap. 232 Art. 21Repeal and saving.

(1) Any provision of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland relating to civil aviation and applied to, or having effect as part of the law of Malta immediately before the coming into force of this Act, and, save as hereinafter provided, any instrument made or having effect as if made thereunder, and having effect as aforesaid, shall, on the coming into force of this article, cease so to have such effect or, as the case may require is hereby revoked.

(2) The instruments specified in subarticle (3) as in force immediately before the 2lst September, 1964 (including any amendments thereof) shall continue to have effect as part of the law of Malta as provided in article 11(1) of the Malta Independence Order, 1964: Provided that -

(a) any reference therein to an authority being the authority by whom the instrument was made, and any reference to a minister or other authority of the Government of the United Kingdom, shall be construed as a reference to the Minister;

(b) any reference to the Governor shall be construed as a reference to the Minister; and

(c) whether or not the instrument could have been made under this Act, shall have effect as if made under this Act and may be varied or revoked accordingly.

(3) The instruments referred to in subarticle (2) are:

(a) The Carriage by Air (Non-International Carriage) (Colonies, Protectorates and Trust Territories) Order, 1953;

(b) The Carriage by Air (Colonies, Protectorates and Trust Territories) Order, 1953;

(c) The Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations, 1956.

*The references, in subarticle (3), to the Air Navigation (General) Regulations, 1950, the Air Navigation (Radio) Regulations, 1952, and the Colonial Air Navigation Order, 1961, have been omitted as the said enactments have been repealed by Legal Notice 176 of 1990.