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Article 6 Other supplemental provisionI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to—

(a)

the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, or

(b)

the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills,

may be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

(2)

Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to—

(a)

the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, or

(b)

the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills,

has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

(3)

Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a former BERR function or a former IUS function may be used in connection with that function even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the transferor.

(4)

For the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms after the coming into force of this Order, those references are to be read as references to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

(5)

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—

(a)

the transfer or entrusting to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills of any former BERR function or former IUS function, or

(b)

the transfer of anything by article 5,

as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the transferor were or included references to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

(6)

In this article “transferor” means—

(a)

in relation to a former BERR function or anything transferred by article 5(1), the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and

(b)

in relation to a former IUS function or anything transferred by article 5(2), the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

(7)

In paragraphs (1) to (5) references to—

(a)

the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,

(b)

the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, or

(c)

the transferor,

include references to the department or an officer of the Secretary of State in question, and references to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills are to be read accordingly.

Annotations

Commencement

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Art. 6 in force at 13.11.2009, see art. 1(2)