3.—(1) The following transitional provisions have effect notwithstanding the amendments to the 1949 Act, the 1977 Act, the 1988 Act, the 1994 Act, the 2005 Regulations and the 2006 Regulations made by the provisions brought into force by Regulation 2.
(2) Where proceedings are brought under any of the following provisions in respect of an alleged threat made before the appointed day—
(a)section 70C of the 1977 Act;
(b)section 21C of the 1994 Act;
(c)regulation 6 of the 2006 Regulations;
(d)section 26C of the 1949 Act;
(e)section 253C of the 1988 Act; or
(f)regulation 2C of the 2005 Regulations,
the proceedings in respect of that alleged threat are to be determined in accordance with the law in force at the time the alleged threat was made.