Sch. 2
Past offences
2. This Act (and, in particular, the following provisions of this Schedule) shall not affect the law applicable to, or to proceedings in respect of, an offence committed before the commencement of this Act under any enactment repealed by this Act.
1952 c. 67.The Visiting Forces Act 1952
3. Section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952, as amended by the 1973 c. 47.Protection of Aircraft Act 1973, shall, after the commencement of this Act, continue to have effect as so amended notwithstanding the repeal of the said Act of 1973 but subject to the substitution in subsection (1)—
- (a) for the words “section 1(4)(b) of the 1971 c. 70.Hijacking Act 1971” of the words “section 6(2)(a) of the Aviation Security Act 1982”;
- (b) for the words “section 1 or section 2 of the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973” of the words “section 2 or section 3 of that Act”; and
- (c) for the words “section 3(1)” of the words “section 6(2)(b) and (c)”.
The Protection of Aircraft Act 1973
4. Where before the commencement of this Act any land, building or works was or were, by virtue of an order under section 26 of the Protection of Aircraft Act 1973, included in an aerodrome for the purposes of that Act, the land, building or works shall, to the extent that that order has effect on or after the commencement of this Act, be treated as included in that aerodrome not only for the purposes of the provisions of this Act re-enacting provisions of that Act but also for the purposes of the other provisions of this Act.
The Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975
5. In paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the 1975 c. 59.Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975, for the words “the Hijacking Act 1971” there shall be substituted the words “the Aviation Security Act 1982”.
The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978
6. In paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to the 1978 c. 5.Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, for the words “the Hijacking Act 1971” there shall be substituted the words “the Aviation Security Act 1982”.
The Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978
7. For paragraphs 18 and 19 of Schedule 1 to the 1978 c. 26.Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
- “18. An offence under Part I of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (other than an offence under section 4 or 7 of that Act)”.
