5. Where—
(a)before the relevant date the sheriff has required the Principal Reporter to refer a child’s case to a children’s hearing under section 12(1) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004(1) (sheriff’s power to refer case to children’s hearing); and
(b)on the relevant date the Principal Reporter has not yet done so,
relevant proceedings are deemed to have commenced when the requirement mentioned in paragraph (a) is made.