Employment Act 1988

6 (1) The Secretary of State may by order make such incidental and transitional provision as he considers appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with—

(a) the giving to the Commission of any authorisation or direction under section 2 or 3 of the 1973 Act;

(b) the revocation or variation of any authorisation or direction under the said section 2 or 3, or of any authorisation or direction which is deemed by virtue of paragraph 4 above to have been given under the said section 2 or 3;

(c) the termination or variation at any time before the coming into force of this paragraph of any arrangements for the carrying out by the Commission of any functions on behalf of a Minister of the Crown;

(d) the making by the Secretary of State at any time before the coming into force of this paragraph of any arrangements under subsection (4) of the said section 3, as that section had effect before the substitutions made by section 25 of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, an order under this paragraph may provide—

(a) for the transfer of property (other than land), and of rights and liabilities, from a Minister of the Crown to the Commission or from the Commission to a Minister of the Crown; and

(b) for things done, or in the process of being done, by or in relation to a Minister of the Crown or the Commission (including, in particular, agreements and legal proceedings) to be treated as done, or to be continued, by or in relation to the person to whom any property, rights or liabilities are transferred by the order.