Article 4 Supplemental

All rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Health is entitled or subject immediately before the coming into force of this Order in connection with any function tranferred by this Order are hereby transferred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

This Order shall not—affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Health before the coming into force of this Order; and anything which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Health may, if it relates to functions, rights or liabilities transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Any legal proceedings to which the Secretary of State for Health is a party at the coming into force of this Order may, if they relate to functions, rights or liabilities transferred by this Order, be continued by or against the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Any approval, consent or direction given, or other thing done, by the Secretary of State for Health in the—excerise of any function transferred by this Order (or having effect as if so given or done) shall, if in force at the coming into force of this Order, continue in force and have effect as if similarly given or done by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.