48.—(1) Where a request for a selection is made to the Commission by the Lord Chancellor before the commencement of these Regulations, Part 4 of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 is to be treated as if it had not come into force and the enactments which it amends shall continue to have effect as they did immediately before the commencement of these Regulations as if they had not been amended.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to a request made by the Lord Chancellor under section 87(1) where—
(a)the request is made on or after the commencement of these Regulations; and
(b)the Lord Chancellor had given the Commission notice under section 94 before the commencement of these Regulations that the Lord Chancellor had expected to make such a request.
(3) Where paragraph (2) applies Part 4 of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 is to be treated as if it had not come into force and the enactments which it amends shall continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2013 as if they had not been amended.