23.—(1) The following transitional provisions apply for the purposes of these Rules.
(2) The amendments made by rule 6 (substitution of Part 4) do not apply to works or other proposals in respect of which intending applicants have sought the advice of the Diocesan Advisory Committee under Part 4 before 1st April 2020.
(3) The amendments made by rules 7 (amendment of Part 5), 8 (amendment of Part 6), 11 (amendment of Part 9), 12 (amendment of Part 10), 13 (amendment of Part 12), 14 (amendment of Part 13) and 15 (amendment of Part 14) do not apply to proceedings in a consistory court that were started before 1st April 2020.
(4) But the amendments made by the rules mentioned in paragraph (3), other than those made by rule 15, may be applied by the consistory court to proceedings started before 1st April 2020 to the extent that the court orders that they are to do so.
(5) The amendments made by rule 18 (amendment of Part 24) do not apply to proceedings on an appeal where the application for permission to appeal under section 14(4), or an application for a certificate under section 18(4), of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 was made before 1st April 2020.
(6) The amendments made by rule 20 (substitution of Schedule 1) do not apply to any matter in respect of which proceedings are pending in a consistory court or on appeal from a consistory court on 1st April 2020.