8.—(1) Articles 5 and 6 shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Lord Advocate before the LO-date.
(2) Anything which, on that date, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Lord Advocate may, so far as it relates to any function exercisable by, or anything transferred to, the Advocate General by or by virtue of article 5 or 6, be continued by or in relation to the Advocate General.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Lord Advocate for the purposes of or in connection with any function exercisable by, or anything transferred to, the Advocate General by or by virtue of article 5 or 6 shall, if in force on the LO-date, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Advocate General in so far as that is required for continuing its effect on and after the LO-date.
(4) Any document made before that date shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 5 or 6, as if for any reference to the Lord Advocate, there were substituted a reference to the Advocate General.