Article 64 Appeal brought but not heard before commencement
This article applies where—
an appeal to a summary appeal court was brought before commencement; and
by commencement, the court had not begun to hear the appeal and the appeal had not been abandoned.
For the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of AFA 2006 (appeals to the Summary Appeal Court), the appeal is to be treated as an appeal brought to the Summary Appeal Court under section 141 of AFA 2006.
If before commencement a person was specified by or on behalf of the Judge Advocate General to be the judge advocate for the appeal, the specification has effect after commencement as a specification under section 142(3) of AFA 2006.
If before commencement a person was specified by or on behalf of a court administration officer to be a member of the court for the appeal, the specification has effect after commencement as a specification under section 142(4) of AFA 2006.
In this article “court administration officer” means a court administration officer within the meaning of section 83ZA of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 52FF of NDA 1957.