Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: supplementary
6.—(1) 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 Health may be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
(2) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Health has effect, so far as 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 Health and Social Care.
(3) 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 Health and Social Care of a health function, or
(b)the transfer of anything by article 5,
as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Secretary of State for Health were or included references to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a health function 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 for Health; 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 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
(5) In paragraphs (1) to (4), references to a Secretary of State include references to the department or an officer of that Secretary of State.