7.—(1) The provisions of regulation 32 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations (maintenance periods) in operation prior to 5th August 1996 shall continue to apply to any application made prior to that date.
(2) The provisions of regulation 34 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations (periods for compliance with obligations imposed by Article 9 of the Order) in operation prior to 7th October 1996 shall continue to apply to any case where the failure to comply referred to in paragraph (1) of that regulation arose prior to that date.
(3) The provisions of regulation 35 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations (amount of and period of reduction of relevant benefit under a reduced benefit direction) in operation prior to 7th October 1996 shall continue to apply to a parent in respect of whom a reduced benefit direction was given prior to that date.
(4) The provisions of regulation 45 of the Maintenance Assessment Procedure Regulations (reduced benefit directions where there is an additional qualifying child) in operation prior to 7th October 1996 shall continue to apply to any reduced benefit direction made prior to that date, and in relation to an earlier direction referred to in paragraph (4) of that regulation, which was in force prior to that date, whether or not the further direction referred to in that paragraph was made after that date.
(5) The provisions of regulation 19 of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (both parents are absent) in operation prior to 7th October 1996 shall continue to apply to any application made prior to that date and those provisions, as amended by regulation 4(7), shall not apply to a maintenance assessment in force on that date until it is first reviewed after that date under Article 18, 19 or 20 of the Order.