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(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, in section 4 of the principal Act (Belfast City Commission and Belfast Recorder's Court to be the only courts of trial on indictment of scheduled offences) references to the Belfast Recorder's Court shall cease to have effect.
(2)Accordingly—
(a)in section 30(5) of the principal Act for the words from " shall" onwards there shall be substituted the words " shall, if he was committed to a county court or to a court of assize other than the Belfast City Commission, be treated as having been committed to that Commission ";
(b)in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the [1975 c. 59.] Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 for the words from " on that date " onwards there shall be substituted the words " on that date any committal for trial of the offence by a county court or by a court of assize other than the Belfast City Commission shall be treated as a committal to that Commission ".
(3)This section shall not apply to a trial on indictment where the accused was committed to the Belfast Recorder's Court before the commencement of this Act.
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