Until the commencement of this part—
(a) a referral or purported referral to the crime commission by the management committee under the repealed Crime Commission Act 1997 is taken to be, and to have always been, a validly made referral; and
(b) section 355(1) is taken to be, and to have always been, effective to declare each referral or purported referral mentioned in paragraph (a) to be a validly made referral of major crime to the commission by the reference committee under this Act; and
(c) a referral or purported referral of major crime to the commission by the reference committee under this Act is taken to be, and to have always been, a validly made referral.