Editing Repeal (section)

==Repeals with or without savings==

Repeals can be with or without savings.

A '''repeal without savings''' eliminates the repealed statute completely.

A '''repeal with savings''' preserves the effect of the repealed statute for limited purposes, such as preventing the reversal of any repeals contained within it, or ensuring that rights granted under its authority are retained. In England and Wales, sections 15 to 17 and 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978 set out general savings for all repeals. These re-enact similar provisions from the [[Interpretation Act 1889]], and before 1953 all [[Statute Law Revision Act|Statute Law Revision Acts]] contained a different general savings provision deemed the [[Westbury saving|''Westbury'' saving]], which has now fallen out of use. Similar provisions exist in the law of Ireland and other common law countries.