Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

552.   References to the Commercial Code

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    (1)   In this section and section 553—

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      (a)     “enactment” means an Act or regulation or any provision of an Act or regulation; and

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      (b)     “regulation” includes an order, regulation, order in council, order prescribing regulations, rule, rule of court, form, tariff of costs or fees, letters patent, commission, warrant, and any instrument issued, made or established—

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        (i)     in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act other than the former Act, or

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        (ii)     by or under the authority of the Attorney General.

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    (2)   A reference in an unrepealed enactment to the former Act is, as regards a transaction, matter or things subsequent to the commencement date to be construed and applied, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to the provisions of this Act that relate to the same subject-matter as the provisions of the former Act; but if there are no provisions in this Act that relate to the same subject-matter, the former Act is to be construed and applied as unrepealed so far as is necessary to do so to maintain or give effect to the unrepealed provision.