3. In relation to any area not specified in Schedule 2 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998, the provisions referred to in article 2 above shall apply only where the adult who appears or is brought before a magistrates' court in the proceedings in respect of which he is charged with an indictable-only offence, as provided for in section 51(1) of the 1998 Act, so appears or is brought before the court for the first time on or after 15th January 2001.