Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019

25 Other transitional provisions

(1) An amendment made by any of sections 1, 2, 3, 5 or 6 applies only in a case where every act or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence in question takes place on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force.

(2) An amendment made by section 7 or 8 applies only in relation to an offence committed on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force.

(3) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (4), an amendment made by section 9 or 10, or by Part 1 of Schedule 4, applies in relation to a person sentenced for an offence on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force, whether the offence was committed before that day or on or after it.

(4) The amendments made by section 9 and Part 1 of Schedule 4, so far as they have effect for the purposes of the following provisions, apply only in relation to a person sentenced for an offence committed on or after the day on which they come into force—

(a) sections 225(1)(a) and 226(1)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and

(b) sections 219(1)(b) and 221(1)(b) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.

(5) An amendment made by section 11 or Part 2 of Schedule 4 applies only in relation to a person sentenced for an offence committed on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force.

(6) An amendment made by section 14 applies in relation to an offence or conduct whether committed or occurring before the day on which the amendment comes into force or on or after that day.

(7) An amendment made by the following provisions of Schedule 2 applies only in respect of a national security determination made or renewed on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force—

(a) paragraph 3(4);

(b) paragraph 7(4);

(c) paragraph 10(4);

(d) paragraph 13(4);

(e) paragraph 16(4);

(f) paragraph 19.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7)—

(a) it does not matter whether the material to which the determination relates was taken or provided, or was derived from material taken or provided, before the day on which the amendment comes into force or on or after that day;

(b) the reference to the renewal of a determination on or after that day includes a reference to the renewal of a determination that was first made before that day.

(9) The powers conferred by Schedule 3 are exercisable in relation to a hostile act whether carried out before the day on which that Schedule comes into force or on or after that day.