1. No provision brought into force by this Order shall affect the operation of section 14 of the Solicitors Act 1936 or sections 46 to 49 of the 1957 Act in relation to any proceedings, the hearing of which has begun before the appointed day before the Disciplinary Committee appointed under the said section 46.
2. Subject to the provisions of section 19(9) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1974 and section 89(3) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (savings in respect of enactments superseded by corresponding provisions of those Acts), no provision brought into force by this Order shall affect the operation of:—
(a)any provision of the 1957 Act or the Solicitors Act 1965 in relation to civil or criminal proceedings begun under Schedule 1 to the 1957 Act before the appointed day; or
(b)the provisions of paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the 1957 Act and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act in relation to any act or omission by The Law Society or its servants or agents occurring before the appointed day.