Article 4

This Order shall not apply to an appeal or a reference if before the date on which this Order comes into operation the appeal or reference has been made to a tribunal constituted under the Schedule to the Act of 1945, and at the commencement of this Order the hearing of the appeal or reference has been begun.

Where, before the date on which this Order comes into operation, proceedings have been commenced for the determination of any question, dispute, or other matter which by this Order is required to be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal, but the hearing has not been begun at that date, anything done for the purpose of those proceedings shall be treated so far as practicable as if it had been done for the purpose of an appeal, reference or application under this Order, but without prejudice to the exercise by the President, the tribunal or the registrar respectively of their full powers under this Order in relation to the proceedings.