(1) In respect of the period specified in subsection (2), this Act is to have effect, in relation to any proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal or a division of the Disciplinary Tribunal that relate to a conveyancing practitioner or former conveyancing practitioner or an incorporated conveyancing firm or former conveyancing firm or an employee or former employee of a conveyancing practitioner or an incorporated conveyancing firm, as if—
(a) in section 234(2), there were substituted for the words “an even number that is not less than 4”
, the figure “2”
; and
(b) in section 235(1), there were substituted for the figure “5”
, the figure “3”
; and
(c) in section 244(2), there were substituted for the figure “5”
, the figure “3”
.
(2) The period specified for the purposes of subsection (1) is the period—
(a) beginning with the date appointed for the commencement of sections 234, 235, and 244; and
(b) ending, subject to section 393, with the close of the period of 12 months beginning with the date specified in paragraph (a).