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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 s 79

s 79 Inaccuracies in documents

79.—(1) A misnomer or an inaccurate description of any person or premises named or described in any document prepared, issued or served under, by reason of or for the purposes of this Act does not in any way affect the operation of this Act as respects that person or premises if that person or premises is so designated in the document as to be identifiable. (2) Proceedings taken under or by reason of this Act are not invalid for want of form. (3) A reference to a document prepared, issued or served under, by reason of or for the purposes of this Act in subsection (1) includes a reference to the following:(a) an authorisation of a person under section 3 of the repealed Act that is treated by section 85(1) to be an authorisation made under this Act; (b) an order declaring a protected area under section 4(1) of the repealed Act that is treated by section 85(2) to be a protected area order made under section 8(1); (c) an order declaring a protected place under section 5(1) of the repealed Act that is treated by section 85(3) to be a protected place order made under section 14(1); (d) a pass‑card or permit issued under section 5(1) of the repealed Act that is treated by section 85(4) to be a permit issued under section 20(1)(a); (e) an authorisation of any step or measure under section 10(1) of the repealed Act that is treated by section 85(5) to be an authorisation to implement a measure under section 25(1).

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