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8.—(1) Where a person is sentenced for a sexual offence within the meaning of Part I of the 1991 Act which was committed before 30th September 1998, the substitution of section 44 of that Act by section 59 of the 1998 Act shall not have effect and, in relation to such a person, neither paragraph 103 of Schedule 8, nor the repeal of section 14(2) and (3) of the 1993 Act by Schedule 10, to the 1998 Act shall have effect.
(2) The amendments made to section 209 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 86(2) of the 1998 Act shall not apply in relation to a person who is convicted of an offence which was committed before 30th September 1998.
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