17For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, any direction given under section 45(3) or (4) of the Act of 1954, whether before or (by virtue of paragraph 79 of this Schedule) after the commencement of this Act, as well as any direction given under section 23 of that Act or section 25 of the Act of 1962, shall be treated as a direction which could have been given under provisions of the Act of 1962 corresponding to those of section 38 of this Act.