Decimal Currency Act 1965

Where in a document (not being a statutory instrument) that is made under the authority or for the purposes of an Act or statutory instrument there appears a reference to an amount of money (including a reference to a percentage, rate, or proportion) expressed in terms of the old currency, the provisions of section five, with the necessary adaptations and modifications, apply to and in relation to that document in the same manner as they apply to the provisions of Acts and statutory instruments.

The person who has the custody of a document to which subsection (1) of this section relates may, where he considers it necessary or desirable so to do for the purposes of the administration of an Act or statutory instrument, alter the document by substituting for such a reference therein as is mentioned in that subsection the appropriate reference in terms of the new currency.

A reference to an amount of money expressed in terms of the old currency in a document made or lodged under the authority or for the purposes of the Companies Act 1962 or any corresponding previous enactment (being a document that is kept by the Registrar of Companies) shall, on and after the appointed day, be deemed to be a reference to the equivalent amount of money expressed in terms of the new currency, and the Registrar may accordingly alter or cause to be altered any copy of that document that is kept or issued by him.

In this section,document includes a register, record, or instrument.