5.—(1) For the transitional period the functions of the Lord Advocate under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be exercisable by the Advocate General instead of by the Lord Advocate.
(2) During that period all rights and liabilities to which the Lord Advocate is entitled or subject on the LO-date in connection with those functions shall be treated as rights and liabilities of the Advocate General.
(3) At the end of that period, those functions shall become exercisable by the Lord Advocate and any rights and liabilities which were treated as rights and liabilities of the Advocate General during that period or to which the Advocate General became entitled or subject in connection with the exercise of those functions shall become rights and liabilities of the Lord Advocate.