Article 3 Supplementary

Any enactment, instrument, contract or other document passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of the transfers effected by this Order, as if any reference to the Secretary of State were a reference to the Lord President of the Council.

This Order does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Order; and anything which, at the time of coming into force of this Order, is in process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State may, if it relates to the functions transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the Lord President of the Council.

Any appointment made or other thing done by the Secretary of State for the purpose of a function transferred by this Order, if in force at the coming into force of this Order, shall have effect, so far as required for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if made or done by the Lord President of the Council.