Article 4 Transitional provision
This Article shall apply if, at any time before 4 December 1997, the Secretary of State, having regard to sections 9 and 19 of the 1944 Act, as those provisions have been continued in effect pursuant to Article 3(a) of the No. 3 Order, considers it appropriate to refer a matter to a district advisory committee pursuant to section 9(7) of that Act.
In the circumstances provided for in paragraph (1) above,
the duty of the Secretary of State under section 17(1) of the 1944 Act to establish a district advisory committee, and
section 17(2) of that Act and so much of Schedule 2 to that Act as is necessary for the purposes of establishing a district advisory committee and of enabling it to carry out its functions under section 9 of that Act,
shall revive in respect of the district in which the matter has arisen.
Where and to the extent provided, in respect of any district, paragraph (2) above has had effect to revive section 17 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1944 Act, those provisions shall once more cease to have effect in that respect and to that extent either
upon a decision of the Secretary of State not to institute a prosecution in respect of the matter referred to the committee; or
in the event that a prosecution in respect of that matter is instituted, upon a decision of the Secretary of State not to proceed with the prosecution or otherwise upon the conclusion of proceedings in relation to the offence;
but without prejudice to the application of this Article in relation to another matter.