Organisational changes: notices and consents
23.—(1) This paragraph applies to any direction given by the Scottish Ministers under paragraph 12(2) of schedule 7 to the 2001 Act before the appointed day.
(2) On and after the appointed day—
(a)a direction to which this paragraph applies is to be treated as having been given by the Regulator under section 106(2) of the 2010 Act; and
(b)anything done by or in relation to the Scottish Ministers before the appointed day in relation to the direction is to be regarded as having been done by or in relation to the Regulator.
(3) Where, before the appointed day, the Scottish Ministers have consulted tenants under paragraph 12(5) of schedule 7 to the 2001 Act but have not yet given a direction in relation to that transfer under paragraph 12(2) of that schedule, the consultation is, on and after that day, to be regarded as having been undertaken by the Regulator under section 106(3) of the 2010 Act in relation to its power to make a direction under section 106(2) of the 2010 Act.