Section 458 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

(4)  The Supreme Court may determine its own practice and procedure for determining an application made to it under this section.

(5)  The Tribunal may determine an application, made to it under this section, in accordance with Part 4.7 , other than sections 464 , 466(7)(b) , 467(5)(b) and 468 , as if the application were an application made under Division 2 of that Part .

(6)  For the avoidance of doubt –

(a) an application made under this section, that was made before the commencement of the Legal Profession Amendment Act 2018 , is taken to have been validly made if the application was accepted by the Tribunal or Court to which it was made; and

(b) the determination of an application under this section by the Tribunal, before the commencement of the Legal Profession Amendment Act 2018 , is not invalid solely on the grounds that the application was determined in accordance with Part 4.7 .