3.—(1) Notwithstanding the commencement of provisions by article 2 above, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(1) shall continue to apply, on and after 1st April 2002, as it applied immediately before that date, but only for the purposes of an application for–
(a)housing under Part I of that Act; or
(b)accommodation or assistance under Part II of that Act,
made before that date.
(2) Paragraph (1) above is without prejudice to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999(2).
S.I. 1999/1379.