4.—(1) The provisions of the Act brought into force by article 2 do not apply in relation to electronic monitoring requirements imposed by a court in accordance with section 215 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1) in the areas specified in article 2(2) before 13th March 2017.
(2) Article 3 does not affect the continued application after 12th March 2018 of an electronic monitoring requirement imposed by a court in the areas specified in article 2(2) on or after 13th March 2017 and before or on 12th March 2018 and the provisions brought into force by article 2 shall continue to have effect after 12th March 2018 in relation to any such requirements imposed during that period.
2003 c. 44; section 215 was amended by section 76(6) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) solely for the purposes of a pilot in relation to the local justice areas specified in S.I. 2016/286 with respect to alcohol abstinence monitoring requirements.