(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement day, the local authority received a request from a participating jurisdiction for the transfer of a community based sentence under the Community Based Sentences (Transfer) Act 2003 ; and
(b) immediately before the commencement day, the request had not been finalised.
(2) On and after the
commencement day, this Act applies to the request as if the request had been
made under this Act.