20. (1) Where, before the date on which this section comes into operation, a Superintendent referred to in section 39(4) of the Act of 1996 has entered into arrangements with a person under that section, then, on or after that date, for the purposes of section 18(3)(e) of that Act, an Inspector shall be deemed to have entered into those arrangements.

(2) Any reference to a Superintendent in bye-laws made before the date on which this section comes into operation by a local authority under section 39(2) of the Act of 1996 shall, on and after that date, be deemed to be a reference to an Inspector.

(3) Where the date on which this section comes into operation occurs after representations were made to a Superintendent under section 40(3) of the Act of 1996 but before a decision was made by the Superintendent under section 40(4) of that Act, then, on or after that date, the reference in the said section 40(4) to representations made to him or her shall be taken to be a reference to the representations made to the Superintendent.

(4) Each register kept by a Superintendent under section 42(2) of the Act of 1996 before the date on which this section comes into operation shall, on and after that date, continue in being and shall form part of the register kept by the Chief Superintendent of the Garda Síochána division concerned under the said section 42(2).

(5) Section 13 shall apply to the amendment of the Act of 1996 by section 4(1) as if—

(a) before the date of the coming into operation of this section, a reference in the definition of “Superintendent” in section 2(1) of the Act of 1996 to the Superintendent for an area were a reference to the Superintendent of a Garda district, and

(b) on or after the date of the coming into operation of this section, a reference in the definition of “Inspector” in section 2(1) of the Act of 1996 to an Inspector in an area were a reference to an Inspector in a Garda Síochána division.

(6) In this section—

“Act of 1996” means the Control of Horses Act 1996;

“Inspector” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) (as amended by section 4(1)) of the Act of 1996.