Prospective
3—(1) A reference to the Commission in any statutory provision or document relating to anything transferred to the Department by virtue of this Act is to have effect, in relation to any time after the dissolution date, as a reference to the Department.N.I.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—
(a)to any statutory provision specifically amended by or under this Act; or
(b)if the context otherwise requires.
(3) Nothing in this Act affects the validity of anything done by, or in relation to, the Commission before the dissolution date.
(4) Anything done (or having effect as if done) before the dissolution date—
(a)by or in relation to the Commission, and
(b)for the purposes of, or in connection with, anything transferred to the Department by virtue of this Act,
is to have effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect on and after that date, as if done by or in relation to the Department.
(5) Anything which is in the process of being done immediately before the dissolution date—
(a)by or in relation to the Commission, and
(b)for the purposes of, or in connection with, anything transferred to the Department by virtue of this Act,
may be continued by or in relation to the Department.