Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932

The several statutes mention in Schedule I are hereby repealed to the extent in the said schedule stated.

Any enactment inconsistent with this Act in any statute which it is competent for the Parliament of Tasmania to repeal is hereby repealed.

But no such repeal shall affect any action, cause, suit, matter, or proceeding duly begun, or any appeal pending, before the commencement of this Act.

Except so far as is expressly enacted by any part of this Act, other than subsection (1) and Schedule I, nothing in this Act (including subsection (1) and Schedule I) shall – take away, lessen, or impair any jurisdiction, power, or authority (judicial or ministerial) which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in or capable of being exercised by the Supreme Court or by any one or more of the judges thereof, whether sitting in Court or in chambers or elsewhere; or affect any principle or rule of law or equity established or confirmed by or under any enactment repealed by subsection (1).