Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Retrospective application of repeals | ||
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19. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the repeals effected by subsection (1) of section 18 and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of that section shall apply in respect of a relevant offence committed before the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter, including a relevant offence in respect of which proceedings had commenced before that date. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of a relevant offence committed prior to the date of the coming into operation of this Chapter where final judgment was given before that date in the proceedings in respect of the relevant offence. | ||
(3) In this section “relevant offence” means— | ||
(a) an offence to which section 2(5) or 3A(5) of the Act of 2006 applied, immediately before their repeal by section 18 (1), or | ||
(b) an offence to which section 22(5) of the Act of 2017 applied, immediately before its repeal by section 18 (3)(a). |