1(1)This paragraph applies to any enactment passed before, or during the same session as, this Act, and any instrument made before this Act under any enactment.S
(2)Any reference in any such enactment, including the 1947 Act, or instrument to a local authority within the meaning of the 1947 Act shall be construed as a reference to a local authority within the meaning of this Act.
(3)Any reference in any such enactment or instrument to a sheriff clerk of a county, however expressed, shall be construed as a reference to the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district concerned.