The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198729 as originally made, shall continue to apply to the adjudication of any claim or question under the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 194830 or the Supplementary Benefits &c. Act (Northern Ireland) 196631 as they apply to a corresponding claim or question under the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 197732 and to the adjudication of any claim or question under that Order as if these Regulations had not been made.

Anything done, begun or deemed to be done or begun under the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be deemed to have been done or continued under the corresponding provisions of these Regulations.

So much of any document as refers expressly or by implication to any regulation revoked by these Regulations shall, if and so far as the context permits, for the purposes of these Regulations be treated as referring to the corresponding provision of these Regulations.