Transitional provisions
15.—(1) Any application or requisition which—
(a)was sent to the registering authority before 1st August 1977;
(b)was not dealt with by the registering authority before that date;
(c)could have been made under these Rules if they had been in force;
shall be treated as an application or requisition under these Rules and shall be dealt with by the registering authority accordingly.
(2) As respects registrations subsisting on 31st July 1977, registering authorities shall not be bound to register or to disclose by an official certificate of search or otherwise any particulars the registration or disclosure of which could not be required by or under the Rules applicable on that date to such registrations.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of these Rules, the forms prescribed by the rules applicable on 31st July 1977 to charges may, until the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs, be used, with such adaptations as may be appropriate, for the purposes of these Rules.