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Article 7 Other supplemental provision

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(1)

In this article “transferor” means—

(a)

in relation to a former BERR function or anything transferred by article 6(1), the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform,

(b)

in relation to a former DEFRA function or anything transferred by article 6(2), the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

(2)

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 the transferor may, so far as it relates to a former BERR function, a former DEFRA function or anything transferred by article 6, be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

(3)

Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the transferor in connection with a former BERR function, a former DEFRA function or anything transferred by article 6 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 Energy and Climate Change.

(4)

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

(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 Energy and Climate Change of any former BERR function or former DEFRA function, or

(b)

the transfer of anything by article 6,

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 Energy and Climate Change.

(6)

In paragraphs (2) to (5) references to the transferor include references to the department or an officer of the transferor; and references to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change are to be read accordingly.