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The Transfer of Functions (Equality) Order 2010

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5.—(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 the Lord Privy Seal may, so far as it relates to any equality function or anything transferred by article 4, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.

(2) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Lord Privy Seal in connection with any equality function or anything transferred by article 4 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 transferee.

(3) 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 article 3 or 4, as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Lord Privy Seal were or included references to the transferee.

(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with any equality function may be used in connection with that function even though they contain (or are to be read as containing) references to the Lord Privy Seal.

(5) 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 transferee.

(6) In this article “the transferee”—

(a)in relation to an equality function or anything transferred by article 4(1), means the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and

(b)in relation to anything transferred by article 4(2), means the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

(7) In paragraphs (1) to (5) references to the Lord Privy Seal include references to the Government Equalities Office (when in the charge of the Lord Privy Seal) or an officer of that Office, and references to the transferee—

(a)where the transferee is the Secretary of State for the Home Department, are to be read as including references to the Government Equalities Office (when in the charge of that Secretary of State) or an officer of that Office accordingly, and

(b)where the transferee is the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, are to be read as including references to the department or an officer of that Secretary of State accordingly.

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