Where immediately before the relevant date there is a person appointed to the office of Principal Reporter under section 128(4) of the 1994 Act (the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration), that person is to be treated for all purposes on or after the relevant date as if appointed in accordance with paragraph 8 of schedule 3 to the 2011 Act (the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration).

Where relevant proceedings are commenced before the relevant date, a person who is to be treated as having been appointed to the office of Principal Reporter under the 2011 Act in accordance with paragraph (1) is, on or after the relevant date, to retain any functions conferred on the Principal Reporter by the 1995 Act or any other enactment for the purposes of those proceedings.