Supplementary5
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 for Business, Innovation and Skills 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 for Business, Innovation and Skills may, so far as it relates to a former BIS function or anything transferred by article 4, be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
3
Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in connection with a former BIS function or anything transferred by article 4 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 Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
4
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—
a
the transfer or entrusting to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport of any former BIS function, or
b
the transfer of anything by article 4,
as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills were or included references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
5
In paragraphs (1) to (4) references to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills include references to the department or an officer of that Secretary of State, and references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport are to be read accordingly.