The enactments specified in column (2) of the Fifth Schedule (referred to in this Part as "the repealed enactments") are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule:
Provided that without prejudice to the Interpretation Act, 1937, the provisions of the repealed enactments shall continue to apply to benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement prior to the commencement of this Act to the same extent as if this Act had not been passed.