4.—(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 transferred function or anything transferred by article 3, be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Civil Service.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State in connection with a transferred function or anything transferred by article 3 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 Civil Service.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a transferred function or anything transferred by article 3 may be used in connection with that function or thing even though they contain references to (or references which are to be read as 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, so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 2 or 3, as if they were or included references to the Minister for the Civil Service.
(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 or 3, 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 Civil Service.
(6) In paragraphs (1) to (5)—
(a)references to the Secretary of State include references to the department for Business, Innovation and Skills or an officer of the Secretary of State, and
(b)references to the Minister for the Civil Service include references to the Cabinet Office or an officer of the Minister for the Civil Service 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.