454ATransitional provision—COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020

454A Transitional provision—COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 (1) Despite the repeal of Chapter 9, a trial by judge alone in which judgment was not delivered before that repeal may continue to be so held by judge alone, without a jury, after that repeal. (2) For the purposes of a trial that continues in accordance with subsection (1), Chapter 9 continues to have effect despite its repeal. (3) On and after the repeal of Chapter 9, Chapter 6 applies to an appeal that relates to a trial by judge alone in the same way that it applies to an appeal that relates to a trial by jury. (4) On and after the repeal of section 420E, a verdict of a trial judge on a trial by judge alone has, for all purposes, the same effect as a verdict of a jury. (5) Subsection (4) has effect despite the repeal of section 420E. (6) In this section— ***trial by judge alone*** means a trial held in accordance with an order under section 420D as in force immediately before its repeal. S. 454B inserted by No. 11/2020 s. 33.