Supplemental
7 1 This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for the Environment before the coming into operation of this Order; and anything which at the coming into operation of this Order is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for the Environment (including in particular any legal proceedings to which he is a party) may, if it relates to transport functions of the Secretary of State or to functions, property, rights or liabilities transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Transport.
2 Any authorisation given (by way of approval or otherwise), requirement imposed or appointment made by the Secretary of State for the Environment in connection with transport functions of the Secretary of State or functions transferred by this Order, or having effect as if so given, imposed or made, shall, if in force at the coming into operation of this Order, have effect as if given, imposed or made by the Secretary of State for Transport in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after the coming into operation of this Order.
3 Subject to any express amendment or repeal made by this Order any enactment, instrument or contract passed or made before the coming into operation of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the transfer of transport functions of the Secretary of State or the transfer of functions, property, rights or liabilities effected by this Order, as if any reference to the Secretary of State for the Environment or to his Department or an officer of his (including any reference which is to be construed as such a reference) were or included a reference to the Secretary of State for Transport or to his Department or an officer of his, as the case may be.
4 Documents or forms printed or duplicated for use in connection with any transport functions of the Secretary of State or any functions transferred by this Order may be so used notwithstanding that they contain references to the Secretary of State for the Environment, and those references shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State for Transport; and similarly with references to the Department or an officer of the Secretary of State for the Environment.
5 Where any instrument in force at the coming into operation of this Order requires a sign or plate to be exhibited which embodies the name of the Department of the Environment or the Ministry of Transport, nothing in this Order shall be taken to affect that requirement, but signs or plates complying with that instrument as in force before the coming into operation of this Order may continue to be used until provision is made to the contrary.