Section 120(1).
1Nothing in section 34 of this Act shall apply in relation to anything done before the commencement of that section.
2Nothing in section 35 of this Act shall apply where the offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
3Section 58 of this Act does not apply where the sexual or violent offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
4Section 61 of this Act does not apply in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of that section.
5(1)Any caution given to a child or young person before the commencement of section 65 of this Act shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (2) and (4) of that section as a reprimand.
(2)Any second or subsequent caution so given shall be treated for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of that section as a warning.
6In relation to any time before the commencement of subsection (7) of section 73 of this Act, section 9A of the 1997 Act shall have effect as if after subsection (1) there were inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)Section 9 above applies to periods of detention which offenders are liable to serve under secure training orders as it applies to sentences of imprisonment.”
7(1)Section 80 of this Act does not apply by virtue of subsection (1)(a) of that section in any case where the Court is seised of the appeal before the commencement of that section.
(2)In this paragraph “the Court” and “seised” have the same meanings as in that section.
8Section 83 of this Act does not apply where the offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
9Section 84 of this Act does not apply where the offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
10(1)Section 99 of this Act does not apply in relation to a prisoner who, immediately before the commencement of that section, has served one or more days more than the requisite period for the term of his sentence.
(2)In this paragraph “the requisite period” has the same meaning as in section 34A of the 1991 Act (which is inserted by section 99 of this Act).
11(1)Where the terms of two or more sentences passed before the commencement of section 101 of this Act have been treated, by virtue of section 51(2) of the 1991 Act, as a single term for the purposes of Part II of that Act, they shall continue to be so treated after that commencement.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (1) above, section 101 of this Act applies where one or more of the sentences concerned were passed after that commencement.
12(1)Sub-paragraphs (2) to (7) below have effect in relation to any prisoner whose sentence, or any part of whose sentence, was imposed for an offence committed before the commencement of section 103 of this Act.
(2)The following provisions of this Act do not apply, namely—
(a)section 103;
(b)paragraphs 83(1)(b) and 88(3)(a) of Schedule 8 to this Act and section 119 so far as relating to those paragraphs; and
(c)section 120(2) and Schedule 10 so far as relating to the repeal of section 38 of the 1991 Act and the repeals in sections 37(1) and 45(4) of that Act.
(3)Section 33 of the 1991 Act has effect as if, in subsection (3)(b) (as amended by paragraph 80(1) of Schedule 8 to this Act), for the words “section 39(1) or (2)” there were substituted the words “section 38(2) or 39(1) or (2)”.
(4)Section 33A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by paragraph 81 of Schedule 8 to this Act) has effect as if—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words “section 38A(1) or 39(1) or (2)” there were substituted the words “section 38(2) or 38A(1)”; and
(b)in subsection (3), for the words “section 39(1) or (2)”, in both places where they occur, there were substituted the words “section 38(2)”.
(5)Section 34A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by section 99 of this Act) has effect as if, in subsection (2)(g), for the words “section 39(1) or (2)” there were substituted the words “section 38(2)”.
(6)Section 40A of the 1991 Act (as inserted by section 105 of this Act) has effect as if, in subsection (1), for the word “39” there were substituted the word “38”.
(7)Section 44 of the 1991 Act (as substituted by section 59 of this Act) has effect as if—
(a)in subsections (3) and (4), after the words “subject to” there were inserted the words “any suspension under section 38(2) above or, as the case may be,”; and
(b)in subsection (7), for the words “sections 37(5) and 39(1) and (2)” there were substituted the words “section 37(5), 38(2) and 39(1) and (2)”.
(8)Section 45 of the 1991 Act has effect as if, in subsection (3) (as amended by paragraph 88(2) of Schedule 8 to this Act), for the words “section 39(1) or (2)” there were substituted the words “section 38(2) or 39(1) or (2)”.
(9)For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 13 below, consecutive sentences, or sentences that are wholly or partly concurrent, shall be treated as parts of a single sentence.
13Section 104 of this Act does not apply in relation to a prisoner whose sentence, or any part of whose sentence, was imposed for an offence committed before the commencement of that section.
14(1)Section 105 of this Act does not apply where the new offence was committed before the commencement of that section.
(2)In this paragraph “the new offence” has the same meaning as in section 40 of the 1991 Act.
15(1)Where the terms of two or more sentences passed before the commencement of paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to this Act have been treated, by virtue of section 104(2) of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967, as a single term for the purposes of section 67 of that Act, they shall continue to be so treated after that commencement.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (1) above, paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to this Act applies where one or more of the sentences concerned were passed after that commencement.