12. Subject to the provisions of Articles 9 and 10—
(a)all property and liabilities vested in or attaching to a probation committee for a probation area named in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, by virtue of this Order, be transferred to and vest in or attach to the authority specified in respect of such probation committee in column 2 of the said Schedule 2;
(b)all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements and other instruments subsisting in favour of, or against, and all notices in force which were given by, or to, a probation committee for a probation area named in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall be of full force and effect in favour of, or against, the authority specified in respect of such probation committee in column 2 of the said Schedule 2;
(c)any action or proceeding or any cause of action or proceeding, pending or existing at 1st April 1965, by, or against, a probation committee for a probation area named in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall not be prejudicially affected by reason of the London Government Act 1963 or the Administration of Justice Act 1964, and may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by, or against, the authority specified in respect of such probation committee in column 2 of the said Schedule 2.