68.—(1) The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) as originally made, shall continue to apply to the adjudication of any claim or question under the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948(2) or the Supplementary Benefits &c. Act (Northern Ireland) 1966(3) as they apply to a corresponding claim or question under the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(4) and to the adjudication of any claim or question under that Order as if these Regulations had not been made.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
69. The regulations set out in column (1) of Schedule 4 are revoked to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule.