143.— (1) In subsection (2), “statutory instrument” does not include an adoption order or any amendment to an adoption order.

(2) Subject to this Act, on and after the establishment day, references to An Bord Uchtála or the Adoption Board—

(a) in any Act passed before the establishment day, or

(b) in any statutory instrument made before that day under an Act,

are to be read as references to the Authority, unless the context otherwise requires.