Section 7

Any civil proceedings or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the date of commencement of this Act by or against the Board or any person acting on the Board behalf may be continued or instituted by or against the Government as the proceedings or the cause of action might have been continued or instituted by or against the Board as if this Act had not been passed.

Any appeal brought, or any leave to appeal applied for, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, against a decision given before the date of commencement of this Act in any legal proceedings in which the Board was a party may be brought by or against the Government as the legal proceedings might have been brought by or against the Board as if this Act had not been passed.

Continuance of laws, etc.