3.—(1) This article applies where—
(a)a warrant of arrest, commitment, detention or distress is issued by a justice of the peace at any time before 8th January 2001,
(b)the warrant has not been executed before 19th February 2001, and
(c)if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001, section 125A(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(1) would have applied to it.
(2) Where this article applies, section 125D of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply as if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001.
1980 c. 43. Section 125A was inserted by section 92 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 with effect from 8th January 2001, and section 125D is inserted by section 96 of the same Act, which is brought into force by this Order.