Paragraph 4

Until the date of the coming into force of section 44 of the Act of 1968 nothing in any provision of the Act brought into force by this Order shall affect the operation of any enactment relating to persons sent or transferred to an approved school in Scotland or committed to the care of a fit person under the Act of 1937 or to custody in a remand home provided under that Act and, accordingly, until that date, any such enactment shall have effect in relation to such a person as if this Order had not been made.

In relation to a person who is subject to an approved school or fit person order within the meaning of the Act of 1937 or an order of committal to custody in a remand home provided under that Act immediately before the date mentioned in the preceding sub-paragraph and continues to be so subject on and after that date by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act of 1968 the preceding sub-paragraph shall have effect as if for references to that date there were substituted references to the date on which the order ceases to have effect.