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1 Any power to make, confirm or approve subordinate legislation which— a was conferred before the day on which this Act is passed, ... b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is to be read, so far as the context permits or requires, as being capable of being exercised to modify (or, as the case may be, result in the modification of) any assimilated direct legislation .... 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .