Part 12 of the Act is modified by adding the following subsection at the end of section 239:
“(3) In applying this Act to a parking infringement notice mentioned in paragraph (2) (a)—
(a) a reference in Part 3 (Infringement notices for certain offences) of this Act to an infringement notice offence (however expressed) is taken to be a reference to a parking infringement; and
(b) the words ‘, and may be convicted of and punished for the offence' in subsection 37 (1) are taken to be omitted.
“(4) To remove any doubt, nothing in this section makes a person liable to be convicted of or punished for an offence in relation to a parking infringement committed before the commencement.
“(5) Subsection (4) has effect despite anything else in this Act.
“(6) In this section—