8.—(1) There are transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office all property, rights and liabilities to which the Chancellor of the Duchy is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with a function which is transferred by article 7 to the Minister for the Cabinet Office (an “article 7 function”).
(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy may, so far as it relates to an article 7 function or anything transferred by paragraph (1), be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy in connection with an article 7 function or anything transferred by paragraph (1) has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with an article 7 function may be used in connection with the exercise of that function by the Minister for the Cabinet Office even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Chancellor of the Duchy; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms in connection with the exercise of that function by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, those references are to be read as references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(5) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 7 or paragraph (1), as if references to the Chancellor of the Duchy (and references which are to be read as references to the Chancellor of the Duchy) were references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.