685.Paragraph 12 makes it clear that where the provisions of section 58 and Schedule 3 refer to Ministers of the Crown the reference includes Ministers of the Crown acting jointly, officers of a Minister of the Crown or of a government department and that functions of such an officer may be transferred to officers of the Welsh Assembly Government.
686.Paragraph 13 makes it clear that a transfer of a function to the Welsh Ministers, First Minister or Counsel General, or the imposition on a Minister or the Crown of a requirement to obtain the agreement of, or to consult, the Welsh Ministers etc before exercising a function does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to that Minister of the Crown before the transfer or imposition of that requirement.
Detailed Commentary on Sections in Part 6 Schedule 3: Transfer Etc. of Functions: Further Provisions Part 3: Supplementary