SCHEDULE 3 Transitional Provisions and Savings

SCHEDULE 3 Transitional Provisions and Savings

Section 1(4)

Interpretation

1

(1)     In this Schedule “the principal section†means section 1 of this Act and “the commencement date†means the date on which that section comes into force.

(2)     Subsection (7) of the principal section shall apply for the purposes of this Schedule as it applies for the purposes of that section.

Funds in court

2

Any order or directions in force immediately before the commencement date by virtue of—

(a)     any rules of court or other statutory provision (including, in particular, section 174 of the County Courts Act 1959) relating to the control of money recovered by or otherwise payable to an infant in any proceedings; or

(b)     section 19 of the Administration of Justice Act 1965 (control of money recovered by widow in fatal accident proceedings which are also brought for the benefit of an infant),

shall have effect as if any reference therein to the infant's attaining the age of twenty-one were a reference to his attaining the age of eighteen or, in relation to a person who by

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