Section 44Part 5 — GENERAL
Commencement, savings and transitional provisions
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This Law shall apply to —
every application for legal aid made on or after the date this Law comes into force ("the commencement date"); and
all work done after the commencement date in respect of any certificate issued prior to the commencement date.
The duties imposed upon attorneys-at-law by this Law shall apply with effect from the commencement date in respect of every assisted person whether his certificate was issued before or after the commencement date.
Any certificate issued prior to the commencement date may be revoked or varied in accordance with this Law.
Until regulations are made under this Law to provide for a matter that may be prescribed, the rules made under the Legal Aid Law (1999 Revision) that are in force immediately before the commencement of this Law or the repeal of that Law shall have effect until expressly repealed by this Law or by regulations made under this Law.