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585AC Transitional provisions—(Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981)
(1)Notwithstanding section 3A(1) of this Act as amended by the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, the provisions of that subsection shall apply only in relation to acts of violence occurring after the commencement of the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981.
(2)Notwithstanding sections 3A(2) and 322D of this Act as amended by the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, the felony-murder rule referred to in section 3A(2) shall continue to have full force and effect in relation to acts of violence which occurred before the commencement of the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981.
(3)Section 9 of the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981 continues in effect despite its repeal.
Section 9 of the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981 abolished any power to bring proceedings for an indictable offence by criminal information in the Supreme Court or in the County Court.
(4)The re-enactment by this section of section 3(2) and (3) of the Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981 does not affect the operation of any Act enacted after that 1981 Act.