{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-national-park-authority-establishment-order-2005/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-national-park-authority-establishment-order-2005/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/421",
  "legislation_title": "The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-forest-national-park-authority-establishment-order-2005",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Continuity of exercise of functions",
  "text": "(1) The vesting in the Authority on the operational date of the relevant functions of the New Forest local authorities shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to any of those functions before that date.\n(2) The Authority may continue, on or after the operational date, any action or matter commenced before that date by a New Forest local authority in relation to any relevant function, and anything done by that New Forest local authority in relation to that action or matter shall, so far as is required for continuing its effect on and after the operational date, have effect as if done by the Authority.\n(3) Any reference, however framed, to a New Forest local authority in any document relating to any of the relevant functions shall, so far as is required for giving effect to this article, be construed as a reference to the Authority.\n(4) The provisions of this article are without prejudice to any other provision made under this Order in relation to any particular relevant function and shall not be considered as continuing in force any contract of employment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/421/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:04.415863+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}