4.—(1) Any instrument, contract, or other thing whatsoever which—
(a)has been, or has effect as if, made, issued or done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Energy in connection with any of the energy efficiency functions or anything transferred by Article 2(3) above, and
(b)is in force at the coming into force of this Order,
shall have effect as if made, issued or done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for the Environment.
(2) Anything (including any legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Energy may, so far as it relates to—
(a)any of the energy efficiency functions, or
(b)anything transferred by Article 2(3) above,
be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for the Environment.
(3) Any instrument, contract or other document made or issued before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of, or in consequence of—
(a)the entrusting to the Secretary of State for the Environment of the energy efficiency functions,
(b)any of the transfers made by Article 2(3) above, or
(c)any of the preceding provisions of this Article,
as if any reference to the Secretary of State for Energy, to the Department of Energy or to an officer of his (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were a reference to the Secretary of State for the Environment, to his Department or, as the case may be, to an officer of the Secretary of State for the Environment.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with any of the energy efficiency functions may be used in connection with those functions notwithstanding that they contain, or are to be construed as containing, references to the Secretary of State for Energy; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms after the coming into force of this Order, those references shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State for the Environment.