# The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Supplementary, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013, Article 3: Transitional: protection of anything done or in process


(1) The validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) before 1st April 2013 by or on behalf of, to or in relation to any office-holder, person or body mentioned in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (2) is not affected by the coming into force on that date of any provision of the 2012 Act or any subordinate legislation made thereunder or in consequence thereof.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), anything (including, for example, legal proceedings, investigations, applications or consultations) which, before 1st April 2013, is in the process of being done by or on behalf of, to or in relation to an office-holder, person or body mentioned in column 1 of the Table may be continued on and after that date by or on behalf of, to or in relation to an office-holder, person or body mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Table.
Column 1
Column 2
a constable of a police force
a constable of the Police Service
a chief constable of a police force
the chief constable of the Police Service
the Director General, Deputy Director General or a police member of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
a constable of the Police Service
a person employed by a police authority or joint police board
a person employed by the Authority
a person employed by the Scottish Police Services Authority
a person employed by the Authority
a person employed by a relevant authority
a person employed by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
a police authority or joint police board
the Authority
the Scottish Police Services Authority
the Authority
a police force
the Police Service
a relevant authority
the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), anything done (or having effect as if done) (including, for example, warrants or authorisations) by or on behalf of, to or in relation to an office-holder, person or body mentioned in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (2) before 1st April 2013, has effect on and after that date as if done by or on behalf of, to or in relation to an office-holder, person or body mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table in so far as that is required for continuing its effect on or after that date; and, where appropriate, any such thing is, on and after that date, to have effect as if any reference therein to an office-holder, person or body mentioned in column 1 of the Table were a reference to the office-holder, person or body mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table.
(4) References to an office-holder or person in column 1 of the Table in paragraph (2) include references to an office-holder or person acting in a particular rank or capacity and, where necessary for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph (2) or (3), references to the corresponding office-holder or person in column 2 of the Table are references to the office-holder or person acting in a corresponding rank or capacity.
(5) Paragraphs (2) to (4) are subject to any express provision to the contrary made by this Order, the 2012 Act or any subordinate legislation made thereunder or in consequence thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2013/9780111019580/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-supplementary-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2013/article-3
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