Article 3

Section 33 of the Act (evidence of persons under 14 in committal proceedings) shall not apply to proceedings before a magistrates' court acting as examining justices which began before the commencement date.

Section 34 of the Act (abolition of requirement of corroboration for unsworn evidence of children) shall not apply to proceedings before a magistrates' court acting as examining justices, or to a trial, which began before the commencement date.

Sections 37 and 39 of the Act (offences of taking motor vehicle or other conveyance without authority etc., driving while disqualified, common assault and battery to be summary offences) shall not apply to any offence in respect of which before the commencement date it has been decided, in accordance with the provisions of sections 18 to 21 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980^f1, whether the accused is to be tried summarily or on indictment.