(1) Where any proceedings would, had section 3 (ff) of the District Court
(Amendment) Act 1975 not taken effect, have been continued, heard or disposed
of after the commencement of that provision in a former Court, those
proceedings shall be continued, heard or disposed of, respectively, in
the new Court in its criminal and special jurisdiction, sitting at the place
at which the former Court was sitting.
(3) Where a question of law was submitted by a Chairman of Quarter
Sessions to--
(a) the Court of Criminal Appeal under section 5B of the
Criminal Appeal Act 1912and the matter was pending in that Court immediately
before the commencement of this subsection, that section, or
(b) the Supreme
Court under section 131A of the Justices Act 1902, and the matter was pending
in that Court immediately before the commencement of this subsection, that
section,
shall apply to and in respect of the matter as if the question had
been submitted by a Judge of the new Court.
(4) Any act, matter or thing that
could, had section 3 (ff) of the District Court (Amendment) Act 1975 not taken
effect, have been done or suffered by a person in the person's capacity as a
Chairman of Quarter Sessions may be done or suffered by the person in the
person's capacity as a Judge of the new Court.
