Article 5 Transitional provisions

Where the election referred to in section 8(2)(a) of the 1984 Act was an election to which, by virtue of Article 4 above, section 15 of the Act did not apply, the said section 8(2)(a) shall apply as if it did not require the requirements imposed by virtue of the said section 15 to be satisfied in relation to that election.

Where the election referred to in section 8(2)(a) of the 1984 Act was held before 1st February 1989 or was an election to which, by virtue of Article 4 above, the amendments to section 2(5) of the 1984 Act made by paragraph 5(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Act did not apply, the said section 8(2)(a) shall apply as if it did not require the requirements imposed by virtue of those amendments to be satisfied in relation to that election.