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9.—(1) Articles 5 and 7 shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Advocate General before the principal appointed day.
(2) Anything which, on that date, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Advocate General may, so far as it relates to any function exercisable by or anything transferred to the Lord Advocate or by virtue of Article 5 or 7, be continued by or in relation to the Lord Advocate.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Advocate General for the purposes of or in connection with or any function exercisable by or anything transferred to, the Lord Advocate by or by virtue of Article 5 or 7 shall, if in force on the LO-date, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Lord Advocate in so far as that is required for continuing its effect on and after the LO-date.
(4) Any document made before that date shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 5 or 7, as if for any reference to the Advocate General, there were substituted a reference to the Lord Advocate.
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