(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement—
(a) the department had started dealing with, but had not finally dealt with, an application under the Right to Information Act 2009, section 24 or 80; and
(b) the documents the subject of the application are, on the commencement, in the possession, or under the control, of a network.
(2) The department must continue to deal with the application as if this Act had not commenced.