8. Anything duly done by, and any application duly made, or direction, authorisation or notice duly given to—
(a)the Secretary of State;
(b)the transferor committee;
(c)the Prescription Pricing Authority;
(d)the Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation;
(e)the Dental Estimates Board; or
(f)any other body dealing with family practitioner services,
in connection with the exercise, by such body, of any function which, by virtue of directions given under section 7 of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 or of any other provision of that Act, is a function exercisable by an area health authority or family practitioner committee, shall, in so far as it relates to the transferred area, be deemed to have been duly done by, or made or given to, the body exercising such function on the appointed day in place of the body by which such thing was done or to which such application was made, or such direction, authorisation or notice was given.