31.—Where, immediately before the establishment day, any legal proceedings are pending in any court or tribunal and Forbairt or An Bord Tráchtála, or any trustee or agent thereof acting on its behalf, is a party to the proceedings, the name of the Agency or the NSAI, as the case may be, shall be substituted for that of Forbairt and the name of the Agency shall be substituted therein for that of An Bord Tráchtála or, as appropriate, the said trustee or agent thereof and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.