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Validity of things done before coming into force of Order

14.—(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 Health, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government or the Lord Chancellor before the coming into force of this Order.

(2) In paragraph (1) the reference to a Secretary of State or the Lord Chancellor includes a reference to the department or an officer of that Secretary of State or of the Lord Chancellor (as the case may be).