4.— (1) Section 9 of the Principal Act is repealed.

(2) The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended as indicated in that Schedule.

(3) The statutory instruments specified in Schedule 2 are amended as indicated in that Schedule. The fact that those instruments are so amended does not preclude their subsequent amendment by the relevant instrument-making authority.

(4) The savings and transitional provisions specified in Schedule 3 have effect.