3. Section 1 of the Act shall apply in any case where a summons was issued on or after 4th May 1999, and section 12 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(1) shall apply to any case where the summons was issued before that date as if the Act had not been passed.
1980 c. 43; section 12 was substituted by Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33).