7.—(1) Subject to any express repeal made by this Order, any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into operation of this Order shall have effect so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the transfers effected by this Order as if any reference to the Chancellor or to his Office or to an officer of his (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were a reference to the Lord President or to his Office or to an officer of his, as the case may require.
(2) This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Chancellor before the coming into operation of this Order, and anything which at the time of the coming into operation of this Order is in process of being done by or in relation to the Chancellor may, if it relates to any functions transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the Lord President.
(3) Any authority, approval, consent or direction given (or having effect as if given) or other thing whatsoever done (or having effect as if done) by the Chancellor for the purpose of any functions transferred by this Order, if in force at the coming into operation of this Order, shall have effect, so far as required for continuing its effect after the coming into operation of this Order, as if made or done by the Lord President.
(4) Any regulations made by the Board of Trade under section 15(5) of the Copyright Act 1911 and in force at the coming into operation of this Order shall continue in force as if made by the Lord President.