1.—(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 to 9, this paragraph applies as respects any functions which are transferred to the Corporation by virtue of this Order and in respect of which a borough planning authority ceases to be the local planning authority responsible for exercising those functions.
(2) Anything which before the commencement date was in the process of being done by, to or in relation to the borough planning authority in connection with any of the functions mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) may be continued after that date by, to or in relation to the Corporation and, if continued, must be treated as having been done by, to or in relation to the Corporation.
(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (2) requires the Corporation to continue with any step mentioned in that paragraph.