4.—(1) The provisions of this article apply in any case where directions have been sought of or, as the case may be, a matter has been referred to, a committee for an existing panel area under—
(a)paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 6 to the Rent Act (applications for registration of rents unsupported by certificate of fair rent), or
(b)paragraph 11 of Part II of the said Schedule 6 (applications for registration of rents supported by certificate of fair rent), or
(c)paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Rent Act (certificates of fair rent), or
(d)paragraph 8 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Housing Finance Act 1972 (certificates of fair rent and registration of rents for tenancies converted from control), or
(e)regulation 6(1) of the Rent Regulation (Local Authority Applications) Regulations 1972,
and the committee have not given their directions or, as the case may be, disposed of that matter before the date of the coming into operation of this order.
(2) Where the provisions of this article apply, those directions shall be given or, as the case may be, the proceedings in respect of that matter, shall be continued and completed by a committee for the new panel area in which is, or is to be, situated the dwelling-house, or the proposed dwelling-house (intended to be provided as aforesaid), in relation to which those directions were sought or, as the case may be, that matter relates, as if those directions had been sought of or, as the case may be, that matter had been referred to, a committee for that new panel area.
(3) Where the provisions of this article apply and any directions are given or, as the case may be, a matter is disposed of, by a committee for a new panel area pursuant to sub-paragraph (2) above, then—
(a)those directions, or
(b)the notification to the rent officer under paragraph 9(2) of Part I of the said Schedule 6 of the confirmation or determination of a rent by the committee, or
(c)the directions of the committee to the rent officer under paragraph 12(2) of Part II of the said Schedule 6, or
(d)the notification to the rent officer under paragraph 8(1) of the said Schedule 7 of the determination of a fair rent by the committee, or
(e)the notification to the rent officer under paragraph 11(1) of the said Schedule 5 of the confirmation or designation of a rent by the committee, or
(f)the notification to the rent officer under paragraph 14(2) of the Rent Regulation (Local Authority Applications) Regulations 1972 of the confirmation or determination of a rent by the committee,
shall be given to the rent officer for the new registration area in which is, or is to be, situated the dwelling-house, or, the proposed dwelling-house (intended to be provided as aforesaid), in relation to which those directions were sought, or to which that matter relates.