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454A Transitional provision—COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020
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(1)Despite the repeal of Chapter 9, a trial by judge alone in which judgment was not delivered before that repeal may continue to be so held by judge alone, without a jury, after that repeal.
(2)For the purposes of a trial that continues in accordance with subsection (1), Chapter 9 continues to have effect despite its repeal.
(3)On and after the repeal of Chapter 9, Chapter 6 applies to an appeal that relates to a trial by judge alone in the same way that it applies to an appeal that relates to a trial by jury.
(4)On and after the repeal of section 420E, a verdict of a trial judge on a trial by judge alone has, for all purposes, the same effect as a verdict of a jury.
(5)Subsection (4) has effect despite the repeal of section 420E.
(6)In this section—
trial by judge alone means a trial held in accordance with an order under section 420D as in force immediately before its repeal.