8.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, Parts VIII to X do not apply in relation to any case in which a bankruptcy petition was presented, or an adjudication in bankruptcy was made, before the commencement date.N.I.
(2) In relation to any such case as is mentioned in sub‐paragraph (1), the statutory provisions specified in Schedules 9 and 10, so far as they relate to bankruptcy, have effect without the amendments and repeals specified in those Schedules.
(3) Where any instrument made under a statutory provision referred to in sub‐paragraph (2) is in operation immediately before the commencement date, that instrument continues to have effect on and after that date in relation to any such case as is mentioned in sub‐paragraph (1).
9.—(1) In relation to any such case as is mentioned in paragraph 8(1) the references in any statutory provision to a petition, order or other matter which is provided for under the Bankruptcy Acts and corresponds to a petition, order or other matter provided for under provisions of Parts VIII to X of this Order continue on and after the commencement date to have effect as references to the petition, order or matter provided for by those Acts.N.I.
(2) Without prejudice to sub‐paragraph (1), in determining for the purposes of Article 253 (period of bankruptcy) or paragraph 11 whether any person was an undischarged bankrupt at a time before the commencement date, an adjudication in bankruptcy and an annulment of a bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Acts are to be taken into account in the same way, respectively, as a bankruptcy order under the provisions of Parts VIII to X of this Order and the annulment under Article 256 of this Order of such an order.
10. Transactions entered into before the commencement date have effect on and after that date as if references to acts of bankruptcy in the provisions for giving effect to those transactions continued to be references to acts of bankruptcy within the meaning of section 21 of the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872F1 but as if such acts included failure to comply with a statutory demand served under Article 242 of this Order.N.I.