Any reference to a society registered under this Act includes a society that, immediately before 1 August 2014, was registered or treated as registered under the 1965 Act (a "pre-commencement society").
In relation to a pre-commencement society—
any reference to an acknowledgement of the registration under this Act of a society, its rules or any amendment of its rules includes an acknowledgement of the registration under the 1965 Act of the society, its rules or an amendment (and anything treated, immediately before 1 August 2014, as such an acknowledgement);
any reference to rules or amendments of rules registered under this Act includes rules or amendments registered under the 1965 Act (and anything treated, immediately before 1 August 2014, as rules or amendments registered under that Act).
In this section "reference" means a reference (expressed or implied) in this Act, another enactment or an instrument or document.
Schedule 3 contain provisions applying in relation to certain pre-commencement societies.