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3(1)Where a commission of the peace is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act as the commission of the peace for a commission area, the repeal of any enactment by this Act shall not affect its continuance in force as the commission of the peace for that commission area.
(2)Any order made under subsection (2) of section 217 of the Act of 1972 (which conferred power by order to specify which of two or more existing commissions of the peace should be treated as the sole commission of the peace for a county) which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to have effect notwithstanding the repeal of that subsection by this Act, and may be revoked or varied accordingly.
(3)Any commission of the peace in force immediately before the commencement of this Act which, by virtue of section 20(3)(a) of the Act of 1973 (which related to commissions of the peace issued before the 1st April 1974), had effect as if addressed generally and not to named persons shall, until superseded by a new commission, continue to have effect as if adressed generally as required by section 5 of this Act.
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