# Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991, Section 8: Transitional provisions, savings and repeals.


(1) The following provisions, namely—
(a) sections 1 to 3 above;
(b) so far as relating to the making of orders or orders made under the 1964 Act, section 5 above and Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act; and
(c) so far as relating to the repeals in the 1964 Act, the repeal in Schedule 5 to the 1968 Act and the repeal of paragraph 18(b) of Schedule 4 to the 1983 Act, subsection (3) below and Schedule 4 to this Act,
shall not apply where the accused was arraigned before the commencement of this Act.
(2) The following provisions, namely—
(a) section 4 above;
(b) so far as relating to the making of orders or orders made under the 1968 Act, section 5 above and Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act;
(c) paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 3 to this Act and, so far as relating to those paragraphs, section 7 above; and
(d) so far as relating to repeals not mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above, subsection (3) below and Schedule 4 to this Act,
shall not apply where the hearing of the appeal began before that commencement.
(3) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/25/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-and-unfitness-to-plead-act-1991/section-8
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