(1) Any act referred to in subsection (4) of section 368 of the Principal Act which, before the commencement of this section, was done to or by -
(a) an assistant registrar appointed under subsection (2) of that section, or
(b) any other person employed in the office of the registrar of companies to perform generally duties under any enactment referred to in that subsection,
shall be valid and be deemed always to have been valid as if the Minister had directed under that subsection (4) that such an act was to be done to or by such an assistant registrar or other such person (including in cases where the existing registrar of joint stock companies (or his or her successor) was not absent).
(2) On and from the commencement of this section, any act required or authorised by the Companies Acts, 1963 to 1999, the Registration of Business Names Act, 1963, or the Limited Partnerships Act, 1907, to be done to or by the registrar of companies, the registrar of joint stock companies or, as