Provision for continuity in exercise of functions
8.—(1) Anything duly done by, or any application duly made by, or any direction, authorisation or notice duly given to or by, any of the old authorities is deemed to have been duly done by, or made or given to or by, the relevant new authority.
(2) Any instrument made by any of the old authorities continues in force, unless it is expressed to cease to be in force sooner, until it is varied or revoked by the relevant new authority.
(3) Any form supplied by any of the old authorities and any form supplied by the Secretary of State relating to any of the old authorities continues to be a valid form in relation to the relevant new authority until it is cancelled or withdrawn by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the relevant new authority, as if any reference contained in the form to any of the old authorities were a reference to the relevant new authority.