3.—(1) This article applies where immediately before the appointed day, a person is recognised (or is treated as recognised) by the Welsh Ministers under section 30(1)(cb) of the 1997 Act(1) and awards or authenticates a qualification which is accredited by the Welsh Ministers under section 30(1)(e) of the 1997 Act.
(2) With effect from the appointed day the person is deemed to be recognised by the Welsh Ministers under section 30(1)(e) of the 1997 Act in respect of the award or authentication of that qualification or description of qualification.
The functions of the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3239). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraphs 30(1) and 30(2)(a) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).