Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 schedule 4 paragraph 5

Relationship with the Interpretation Act 1978

Schedule 4 paragraph 5 clarifies that the transitional provisions in paragraphs 1 to 4 of schedule 4 replace a specific provision of the Interpretation Act 1978, while leaving the rest of that Act unaffected.

• Paragraphs 1 to 4 of schedule 4 set out bespoke transitional rules for the changeover from old vehicle excise legislation to the 1994 Act.
• These bespoke rules take the place of section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978, which would otherwise supply default transitional provisions when one Act replaces another.
• All other provisions of the Interpretation Act 1978 continue to apply to the 1994 Act in the normal way.
• In practice, this means Parliament has chosen tailored transitional arrangements rather than relying on the standard statutory defaults.