9. (1) Anything commenced and not completed before the appointed day in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of section 4, may be carried on or completed on or after the appointed day by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

(2) Every instrument made under an enactment and every document (including any certificate) granted or made, in so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht by virtue of section 4, shall if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the appointed day, have effect on and after that day as if it had been granted or made by that Minister.

(3) References to any person in the memorandum or articles of association of any company and relating to a function transferred by virtue of section 4, shall, on and after the appointed day, be construed as references to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

(4) Any money, stocks, shares or securities transferred by virtue of section 6(2) that, immediately before the appointed day, were standing in the name of another person shall, on the request of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, be transferred into his or her name.

(5) A certificate signed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that any property, right or liability has or, as the case may be, has not vested in the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under sections 6 or 7 shall be sufficient evidence, unless the contrary is shown, of the fact so certified for all purposes.