S 45(2) amended by No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 items 37 and 38, by substituting para (a) and substituting 
"
the instrument, law or provision repealed by the repealing instrument or repealing provision revives from the repeal time
"
 for 
"
the repealed instrument, law or provision revives from the cessation time
"
, effective 25 August 2018. Para (a) formerly read:
                
                  
                  (a)
                  a legislative instrument (the 
                  repealing instrument
                  
) or a provision (the 
                  repealing provision
                  
) of a legislative instrument either:
                  
                    
                    (i)
                    ceases under subsection 
38(3)
 or section 
42
 to have effect at a particular time (the cessation time); or
                  
                  
                    
                    (ii)
                    would so cease to have effect then if it had not already been repealed by section 
48A
 or 
48C
; and
                  
              No 78 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 74 provides:
              74 Application of amendments
               
              
              (6)
              
              The amendments of subsection 45(2) of the 
Legislation Act 2003
 made by this Schedule apply in relation to a legislative instrument or a provision of a legislative instrument that is repealed by subsection 38(3) or 42(1) or (2) of that Act on or after the commencement of this item.
              
              
              
(7)
              
              Subsection 45(2) of the 
Legislation Act 2003
, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to:
              
              
              (a)
              so far as that subsection relates to subsection 38(3) of that Act 
-
 a legislative instrument referred to in paragraph 45(2)(a) of that Act that was registered before that commencement; and
              
              
              (b)
              so far as that subsection relates to section 42 of that Act 
-
 a legislative instrument referred to in paragraph 45(2)(a) of that Act, a copy of which was laid before a House of Parliament before that commencement.
              
              
S 45(2) substituted by No 135 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 9, effective 23 September 2012. S 45(2) formerly read:
                
                  
                  (2)
                  
                  
If:
                  
                  
                  (a)
                  the affected instrument or provision ceases, at a particular time, to have effect under subsection 
38(3)
 or 
42(1)
 or 
(2)
; and 
                  
                  
                  (b)
                  the affected instrument or provision repealed, in whole or in part, another legislative instrument or law, or a provision of another legislative instrument or law, that was in force immediately before the time when the affected instrument or provision commenced; 
                  the operation of that subsection has the effect of reviving the other legislative instrument, law or provision, from that first-mentioned time, as if the affected instrument or provision had not been made.