If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, this holding shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of the article are severable.
(Added by renumbering Section 24342.3 (as added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1546) by Stats. 1985, Ch. 44, Sec. 1. Effective May 20, 1985.)