(1)  In this section –

amending Act means the Sentencing Amendment (Phasing Out Of Suspended Sentences) Act 2017 .

(2)  A provision of this Act, as inserted or amended by the amending Act, applies in relation to –

(a) a court imposing a sentence on an offender in relation to an offence; or

(b) a court making an order in relation to an offence or offender or a breach of an order or sentence; or

(c) a person or court taking an action under this Act in relation to an offence or a breach of an order or a sentence –

whether the offence or breach was committed before or after the day on which the provision is inserted or amended.

(3)  A sentence or order imposed or made before the day on which a provision of this Act is amended, repealed or substituted by the amending Act is not to be taken to be invalid by reason only that, after that day, a court could not, under this Act, have imposed the sentence or made the order.