3(1)The amendments made by section 6 (appropriate treatment test in Part 4 of the 1983 Act) do not affect the application of a certificate under section 57(2)(b) or 58(3)(b) of the 1983 Act given before the date on which the amendments come into force.U.K.
(2)The amendments made by sections 27 and 28 (electro-convulsive therapy, etc.) do not affect the application of a certificate under subsection (3) of section 58 of the 1983 Act which—
(a)relates to electro-convulsive therapy (by virtue of regulations under subsection (1)(a) of that section), and
(b)is given before the date on which those amendments come into force.
(3)But any certificate under section 58(3)(b) of the 1983 Act that the patient has not consented to electro-convulsive therapy ceases to apply when those amendments come into force.