5. Notwithstanding article 2, the provisions of the 2000 Act, and any regulations made under them, which are repealed or amended by sections 26 and 237 of, and Schedule 4 and Part 5 of Schedule 25 to, the Act continue to have effect for the purposes of—
(a)the bringing of an appeal under regulation 21 of the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008(1);
(b)proceedings before the First Tier Tribunal on a referral under section 64(3)(b) or 65(4) of the 2000 Act or under regulation 17 of the Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 or on an appeal under regulation 21 of those Regulations; or
(c)legal proceedings associated with proceedings on an appeal or referral,
where proceedings were commenced before 22nd November 2012 or relate to a finding made by a standards committee before 22nd November 2012.