# Repeal and savings

> act-s3 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

3 Repeal and savings
          (1) The Acts specified in the Schedule to this Act are repealed.
          (2) Section 9 of the War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1955 and
              the heading to that section, and the Schedule to that Act, are
              repealed.
          (3) The War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1955, as amended by
              this section, may be cited as the War Precautions Act Repeal Act
              1920-1958.
          (4) Notwithstanding the repeals effected by this section:
               (a) a certificate of exemption in force under the Immigration Act
                   1901-1949 immediately before the date of commencement of
                   this Part shall, for all purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a
                   temporary visa granted under this Act to the person specified
                   in the certificate and authorizing that person to remain in
                   Australia for a period ending on the date on which the









                      certificate would have expired if this Act had not been
                      passed.
          (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a), where, before the
              commencement of this Part, a person who had previously entered
              Australia re-entered Australia and, upon or after the re-entry, a
              certificate of exemption purported to be issued to the person, the
              certificate shall be deemed to have been as validly issued as if the
              person had not previously entered Australia.