Article 7 Legislative Council.

Any person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of the Legislative Council established by the Constitution and Elections Ordinance^f1 shall on that day become a member of the Legislative Council established by the Constitution and shall be deemed to have complied with section 39 of the Constitution and shall hold his seat in the Council in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

The persons who immediately before the appointed day hold the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in accordance with the Constitution and Elections Ordinance shall, on and after that day, continue to hold those offices in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

The Standing Orders of the Legislative Council as in force immediately before the appointed day shall, except as may be otherwise provided under section 46 of the Constitution, have effect on and after that day as if they had been made under that section but shall be read and construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the provisions of the Constitution.