Anonymity of witnesses
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17(1)Where an appeal court’s consideration of a relevant appeal commences before 1 January 2010, the repeal by section 96 of this Act of sections 1 to 9 of the 2008 Act is to be disregarded.
(2)Where an appeal court’s consideration of a relevant appeal commences on or after 1 January 2010, the reference in section 11(2)(b)(i) to the 2008 Act is to be treated as a reference to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of this Act.
(3)In this paragraph—
“appeal court” has the meaning given by section 11 of the 2008 Act;
“relevant appeal” means an appeal against conviction in relation to which that section applies.