(1) A property in relation to which an application has been made under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1988, being an application in respect of which a determination under subsection (3) of that section has not been made before the commencement of this Act or in respect of which such a determination has been so made but that determination has not been issued under the said subsection (3) before such commencement, shall be deemed to be property in relation to which the Commissioner has made an appointment of an officer of the Commissioner under section 28.

(2) The person who was assigned by the Commissioner under the Act of 1852 to deal with that application shall be deemed to have been the officer of the Commissioner so appointed.

(3) Such an application is referred to in subsection (4) as a ''relevant application''.

(4) Subject to subsection (9), so much of subsections (4) to (9) of section 28 in Part 6 and the other Parts of this Act as are appropriate, having regard to the steps that may already have been taken under the Act of 1988 in relation to the application concerned, shall apply to a relevant application with any necessary modifications.