30Transitional provisions

30 Transitional provisions

(1)  In this section, commencement day means the day on which this Act commences.

(2)  This Act applies to an appearance in court for an offence or breach of duty or in connection with an application for a restraint order –

(a) by a person arrested on or after the commencement day; and

(b) by a person who before that day was arrested for an offence or breach of duty or to facilitate the making of any such application if, on or after that day, he or she may be ordered to be detained in custody for that offence or breach of duty or to facilitate the making of that application.

(3)  A grant or refusal of bail to a person before the commencement day for an appearance in court on or after that day is not affected by this Act, and continues to be governed, including all matters relating to, and arising directly or indirectly from, that grant or refusal, by the law in force immediately before that day but, on that appearance, this Act applies in respect of any further appearance relating to the relevant offence, breach of duty or application.

(4)  Where –

(a) an order for bail made under the Justices Act 1959 was in force immediately before the commencement day; and

(b) that order was subject to a condition imposed or varied by the Supreme Court –

that order for bail continues to have effect as if it had been made subject to that condition pursuant to that Act as in force on that day.