INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005) pealed shall be continued under and in conformity with the provision so repealed. fixed by or under the statutory instrument for the coming into operation thereof. (4) Where, prior to the 1st January, 1976, an Act of the Legislature of Rhodesia or an Act of the Legislature of the former Federation repealed and re-enacted, with or without modification, any provision of an Act of the Legislature of the former Federation, any proclamation, regulations, rule, by-law, order, notice, scheme or other instrument made and in force under any provision so repealed shall continue in force in so far as it is not inconsistent with the substituted provision or until it is repealed or replaced. (Subsection as amended by s. 2 of Act 12/1997) (5) Where at any time an enactment expires, lapses or otherwise ceases to have effect, this section shall apply as if that enactment had then been repealed. 18 Effect of substituted provisions Where an enactment repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of another enactment, the references in any other enactment to the provisions so repealed or to any person, authority or matter mentioned in such repealed provisions, shall be construed as references to the provisions, person, authority or matter respectively substituted therefor. 19 Construction of amending enactment Where an enactment amends or adds to another enactment, the amending enactment shall, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, be construed as one with the amended enactment and as forming part thereof. PART V STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 20 Date of commencement of statutory instruments (1) Every statutory instrument shall be published in or with or as a supplement to the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of its publication unless some other date is (2) Where by virtue of any law a statutory instrument comes into operation on the date of its publication in the Gazette or a statutory instrument is expressed to come into operation on a particular day, such statutory instrument shall be construed as coming into operation immediately on the expiration of the day preceding the date of such publication or, as the case may be, such particular day: Provided that, unless the Act under whose authority the statutory instrument is made expressly provides to the contrary, where the date of such publication or, as the case may be, such particular day, is the same as that on which the statutory instrument is made, it shall be construed as coming into operation at the time when it is made or, if a later time is specified in the statutory instrument, at that later time. 21 Power to make statutory instruments (1) When an enactment confers the power to make a statutory instrument, the following provisions shall apply in relation to the making and operation of such statutory instrument— (a) the power shall be construed as including power, executable in the like manner and subject to the like consent and conditions, if any, to amend or repeal such statutory instrument and to make another statutory instrument in place thereof; (b) when any enactment confers power to make a statutory instrument for any general purpose and also for any special purpose, the enumeration of the special purposes shall not be deemed to derogate from the generality of the powers conferred with reference to the general purpose. - 11 -