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1

Nothing in article 2 of this Order, in so far as it relates to Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Act or to the repeal made by Part 7 of Schedule 7 to the Act in section 7(2) of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 19924 (“the 1992 Act”) shall have effect where before 1st October 2001:

a

an allegation has been made which would (apart from this paragraph) be within section 1(1) of the 1992 Act, or

b

a person is accused of an offence which would (apart from this paragraph) be an offence to which that Act applies.

2

Nothing in article 2 of this Order, in so far as it relates to paragraphs 37 and 38 of Schedule 6 to the Act, shall have effect in relation to any proceedings which are referred to in a subsection amended by either of those paragraphs and which commenced before 1st October 2001.