10.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), anything done by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of or in connection with the function of compiling and maintaining—
(a)an inventory of gardens and designed landscapes under section 32A(1) of the 1979 Act; or
(b)an inventory of battlefields under section 32B(1) of the 1979 Act,
conferred on Historic Environment Scotland by virtue of section 15 of, and Part 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Act has effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after 1st October 2015.
(2) For the purposes of section 32A(4) of the 1979 Act, and the application of that section by section 32B(3) of the 1979 Act—
(a)the inclusion of any grounds (as mentioned in section 32A(2) of the 1979 Act) or any battlefield, as the case may be, in an inventory; or
(b)the modification of an entry in the inventory,
by the Scottish Ministers before 1st October 2015 is not to be treated as having effect as if done by Historic Environment Scotland.
(3) The provisions of section 32A(4), and that section as applied by section 32B(3) of the 1979 Act, continue to have effect as they did immediately before 1st October 2015 in respect of—
(a)the inclusion of any grounds (as mentioned in section 32A(2) of the 1979 Act) or any battlefield, as the case may be, in an inventory; or
(b)the modification of an entry in the inventory,
by the Scottish Ministers before 1st October 2015.