8.—(1) The abolition of the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, the transfer or abolition of the commissioner’s functions and the transfer of the commissioner’s property, rights and liabilities do not affect the validity of anything done before the abolition or transfer.
(2) Paragraphs (3) to (5) apply where any functions, property, rights or liabilities are transferred by or under this Part from the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire to the Combined Authority.
(3) There may be continued by or in relation to the Combined Authority anything (including legal proceedings) which—
(a)relates to any of the functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred, and
(b)is in the process of being done by or in relation to the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire immediately before 7th May 2024.
(4) Anything which—
(a)was made or done by or in relation to the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire for the purposes of, or otherwise in connection with, any of the functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred, and
(b)is in effect immediately before 7th May 2024,
has effect as if made or done by or in relation to the Combined Authority.
(5) The Combined Authority is to be substituted for the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire in any instrument, contract or legal proceedings which—
(a)relates to any of the functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred, and
(b)is made or commenced before 7th May 2024.
(6) In this article a reference to the transfer of a function includes a reference to the abolition of a function and the conferral of a corresponding function on another person.