37.—(1) Anything done (or having effect as if done) before the coming into force of these Regulations by, or in relation to, a transferor in connection with a function transferred to the Director General by these Regulations is to have effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of these Regulations, as if done by, or in relation to, the Director General.
(2) Anything which, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, is in the process of being done by, or in relation to, a transferor in connection with a function transferred to the Director General by these Regulations may be continued by, or in relation to, the Director General.
(3) Any enactment, instrument or other document passed or made before the coming into force of these Regulations is to have effect, so far as necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of paragraphs (1) and (2), as if any references (however expressed) to a transferor were references to the Director General.
(4) Anything which immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, is in the process of being done by, or in relation to, the Commission in connection with a function which after the coming into force of these Regulations is exercisable by that body (as renamed the Independent Office for Police Conduct(1)) and the Director General jointly may be continued by, or in relation to, that body and the Director General acting jointly.
(5) In this regulation “transferor” means—
(a)the Commission;
(b)any other person from whom a function is transferred to the Director General by these Regulations.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission was renamed the Independent Office for Police Conduct by virtue of section 9(2) of the Police Reform 2002 Act (c. 30).