Transitional provisions
4.—(1) The amendments which come into force by virtue of article 2(a)(i) and (iii) of this Order to section 57B (use of live link at preliminary hearings where accused is in custody) and section 57E (use of live link in sentencing hearings) of the 1998 Act shall have no effect in relation to a live link direction given before the relevant date.
(2) The amendments which come into force by virtue of article 3(1)(a) of this Order to section 57C of the 1998 Act (use of live link at preliminary hearings where accused is at police station) shall have no effect in relation to a relevant hearing.
(3) A relevant hearing is a preliminary hearing—
(a)in relation to which the court has power to give a live link direction under section 57C(2) of the 1998 Act because subsection (4) of that section applies to the accused; and
(b)that accused is at a police station on or after the relevant date to answer to live link bail granted before the relevant date.
(4) The amendments which come into force by virtue of article 3(1)(b) of this Order to—
(a)section 46ZA of the 1984 Act (answering to live link bail); and
(b)section 46A of that Act (power of arrest for failure to answer to police bail),
shall have no effect in relation to an accused person who attends a police station on or after the relevant date to answer to live link bail granted before the relevant date.
(5) In this article, the relevant date is 14th December 2009.