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2.—(1) In this Order—
“instrument” includes any judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, certificate or other document,
“the transfer date” means the date on which this Order comes into operation,
“the transferor” and “the transferee”, in relation to any functions transferred by this Order, mean respectively the department from which and the department to which the functions are transferred.
(2) Any reference in this Order to a statutory provision under or for the purposes of which a function is transferred by the Order (a “transferring provision”) includes a reference to a statutory provision passed or made before the transfer date which—
(a)amends or extends the transferring provision, or
(b)confers functions on the transferor for the purposes of the transferring provision.