8.—(1) Nothing in this Order affects the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Registrar before the transfer date.
(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which immediately before the transfer date is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Registrar may be continued on or after the transfer date by or in relation to the Board.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Registrar has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect on or after the transfer date, as if done by or in relation to the Board.
(4) So far as necessary or appropriate for the purposes of or in consequence of article 3 or 4, and without prejudice to the generality of article 7 and Schedules 1 and 2, a reference to the Registrar in an enactment, instrument or other document is to be treated as a reference to the Board.