Soil Conservation Act 1938

On and from the commencement of the amendments made to this Act by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (the relevant commencement), a reference in any other Act, in any instrument made under any Act or in any other instrument of any kind (including any instrument of appointment) to the Deputy Commissioner of the Soil Conservation Service is to be construed as a reference to a Deputy Soil Conservation Commissioner.

Without limiting the operation of subclause (1), any person appointed (or purported to have been appointed) as Deputy Commissioner of the Soil Conservation Service and holding office as such immediately before the relevant commencement is taken to have been appointed as a Deputy Soil Conservation Commissioner holding office as such under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002.