7. Nothing effected by this order shall affect—
(a)section 124 of the Highways Act 1959 in its application to a notice served under subsection (1) thereof before 1st April 1974;
(b)section 115(3) of the General Rate Act 1967 in its application to an application for a rebate under section 49 of that Act in respect of a rebate period commencing before 1st April 1974;
(c)section 12 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 in its application to an order made thereunder before 1st April 1974, or section 29 of that Act in its application to the power under subsection (1) thereof in a case where the proposals referred to in that subsection have been approved before the said date;
(d)section 34(2) and (3) of the Transport Act 1968 in their application to grants in respect of expenditure incurred in connection with the provision, improvement or continuance, before the end of the year 1974-75, of any bus service or ferry service;
(e)section 7 of the Transport (London) Act 1969 in its application to any limit on expenditure imposed by a notice given by the Secretary of State before 1st April 1975 under subsection (5) of that section; or
(f)section 117 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 in its application to a compulsory purchase order containing a direction for minimum compensation and submitted to the Secretary of State before 1st April 1974.