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PART 3Transfer of the Secretary of State’s functions

CHAPTER 6Supplemental provisions

Supplemental provisions relating to Secretary of State functions

98.  Anything which is being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State, when the Secretary of State’s functions under Part 5 of the 1997 Act, the 2006 Act and the 2007 Order are transferred to DBS by this Order, may, so far as it relates to those functions, be continued by, or in relation to, DBS.

99.  Anything done before the coming into force of this Order by or in relation to the Secretary of State under Part 5 of the 1997 Act, the 2006 Act and the 2007 Order, in relation to a function of the Secretary of State transferred to DBS by this Order, has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after those functions are transferred by this Order, as if done by, or in relation to, DBS.

100.  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 the transfer of a function of the Secretary of State to DBS by this Order, as if references to the Secretary of State were or included references to DBS.