8(1)As from the transfer date the functions of the White Fish Authority and the Herring Industry Board under—
(a)section 31(12) of the [1964 c. 40.] Harbours Act 1964 (consultation on objections to ship, passenger and goods dues); and
(b)rule 124 of the [S.I. 1975/330.] Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975 (appointment of inspectors and surveyors),
are transferred to the Authority, and those enactments are amended as follows.
(2)In section 31(12)—
(a)for "the White Fish Authority or the Herring Industry Board " there is substituted " the Sea Fish Industry Authority "; and
(b)for " the Authority or as the case may be the Board " there is subsituted " the Authority ".
(3)In rule 124—
(a)for " the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 " there is substituted " the Fisheries Act 1981 " ; and
(b)for " the White Fish Authority or the Herring Industry Board " in the first place where those words occur, there is substituted " the Sea Fish Industry Authority " and in the second place where they occur, there is substituted " or the Sea Fish Industry Authority ".
(4)Anything which when this paragraph comes into force is in process of being done under section 31(12) by or in relation to the White Fish Authority or the Herring Industry Board may be continued by or in relation to the Authority; and any appointment under rule 124 made by either of those bodies before this paragraph comes into force shall have effect as if made by the Authority so far as is necessary for continuing its effect.