Transitional Provisions

5.  Section 1 of the 2006 Act shall have effect for the purposes of the definitions of “debtor” and “hirer” in section 189(1) of the 1974 Act wherever those expressions are used in—

(a)sections 77A, 78(4A), 86A, 86B, 86C, 86D, 86E, 86F, 129(1)(ba) 129A, 130A and 187A of the 1974 Act;

(b)section 143(b) of the 1974 Act in respect of an application under section 129(1)(ba) of that Act; and

(c)section 185(2) to (2C) of the 1974 Act insofar as it relates to a dispensing notice from a debtor authorising a creditor not to comply in the debtor’s case with section 77A of that Act,

in relation to agreements made before 6 April 2007.