(1) If, before this Order comes into force, the Authority takes steps in relation to an instrument to which this Part applies and those steps would, if they had been taken after that date, satisfy the requirements of paragraph (3) or (4) of article 13, then article 13 applies to that instrument as if those steps had been taken after this Order comes into force.
(2) If, before the relevant consultation requirements in relation to an instrument come into force, any steps were undertaken in relation to provisions contained in a draft instrument to which this Part applies, then, if those steps, had they been undertaken after commencement, would to any extent have satisfied any requirements laid down in or under the Act for the making of that instrument, those requirements are to that extent to be treated as having been satisfied on the date when the last such requirement was satisfied.