The transfer, by virtue of this Order, of any function exercisable by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or the Lord Chancellor to the Northern Ireland Department, or the Department of Finance and Personnel, shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor before the transfer takes effect.

Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the time when that transfer takes effect, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor may,) so far as it relates to any function transferred, be continued by or in relation to the Northern Ireland Department or, as the case may be, the Department of Finance and Personnel.

Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of or in connection with any function transferred to the Northern Ireland Department, or the Department of Finance and Personnel, by virtue of this Order shall, if in force at the time when the transfer takes effect, have effect as if done by or in relation to the Northern Ireland Department, or, as the case may be, the Department of Finance and Personnel, in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after that time.