Orders under repealed Act taken to be orders under this Act
16 Orders under repealed Act taken to be orders under this Act
An order under section 3 of the repealed Act that is in force immediately before the commencement is taken to be a vexatious proceedings order for the purposes of this Act.
An order under section 3 of the repealed Act that is made or reinstated on or after the commencement because of section 15 is taken to be a vexatious proceedings order for the purposes of this Act.
Editor’s note—
See the Vexatious Litigants Act 1981, section 5 (Reinstatement of declaration of vexatious litigant).
If—
an order under section 4 of the repealed Act that revokes another order is in force immediately before the commencement; or
an order under section 4 of the repealed Act that revokes another order is made on or after the commencement because of section 15;
then—
for the purposes of this Act, the other order is taken to be a vexatious proceedings order that has been set aside; and
section 8 applies in relation to the other order.
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