55. Retrospective effect

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(1)

The amendments made to paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section 8, subsection (1) of section 23,

“section 26, section 62, section 107 and section 163 of the principal enactment, by section 3 (1) (d), section 15 (1) (a), section 19, section 29 and section 35 and section 49

respectively of this Act, shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on April 1, 2006

(2)

The amendments made to subsection (3) of section 32

of the principal enactment by the addition of a new paragraph (e) to that subsection, by section 20 (3) of this Act, shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on

April 1, 2007.

(3)

The amendments made to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 34 of the principal enactment and the insertion of new Chapter XXA to the principal enactment, by section 21 (1) (a) and section 47 respectively of this Act, shall be deemed for all purposes to have come into force on

January 1, 2008.

“(4) The amendments made to the principal enactment by this Act, other than the amendments specifically referred to in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section, shall come into force on April 1, 2008.”.

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