Supplementary
3.—(1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Order.
(2) Anything (including 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 may, so far as it relates to a function transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office under article 2, be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State in connection with a function transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office under article 2 has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a function transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office under article 2 may be used in connection with that function even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Secretary of State; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms after the coming into force of this Order, those references are to be read as references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(5) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 2, as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Secretary of State were or included references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(6) In paragraphs (1) to (5)—
(a)the references to the Secretary of State include references to the department for Culture, Media and Sport or an officer of the Secretary of State, and
(b)the references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office includes references to the Cabinet Office or an officer in the Cabinet Office accordingly.
(7) In paragraph (5) “instrument” includes Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, licences, authorisations, consents, approvals, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents.