Notwithstanding the repeal of section 40A of the Police (Scotland) Act 19674 by paragraph 1(7) of schedule 6 to the Act, that section shall continue to have effect on and after 1st April 2007 for the purpose of enabling the inspectors of constabulary5 to conduct, or continue to conduct, an examination into the manner in which a chief constable of a police force has handled a complaint made by a member of the public about a constable of that force, provided the request to examine the handling of that matter was made to the inspectors of constabulary before 1st April 2007.