8.—(1) Rule 3 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules (R 2) as in force immediately before 1 August 2017 continues to apply to a licensee in relation to any award of demerit points for a conviction or composition of a demerit points offence committed or allegedly committed by the licensee before that date.
(2) Any demerit points awarded under rule 3 of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules as in force immediately before 1 August 2017 are to be treated as current demerit points awarded under these Rules.
(3) To avoid doubt, nothing in these Rules affects the suspension under section 14(3) of the Act of a licence before 1 August 2017 upon the licensee accumulating the number of demerit points specified in rule 6(a) or (b) of the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Demerit Points) Rules as in force immediately before that date.