5.—(1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the DRCP before the coming into force of this Order.
(2) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the DRCP has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the DPP.
(3) 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 DRCP may be continued by or in relation to the DPP.
(4) So far as is necessary or appropriate, after the coming into force of this Order, a reference to the DRCP in an enactment, agreement (whether written or not), instrument or other document is to be treated as a reference to the DPP.
(5) In this article—
(a)a reference to the DRCP includes a reference to the RCPO, a Revenue and Customs Prosecutor, a member of the staff of the RCPO other than a Revenue and Customs Prosecutor and a person appointed under section 38(1) of the CRCA 2005, and
(b)a reference to the DPP is to be read, so far as is necessary or appropriate, as being a reference to the CPS, a Crown Prosecutor, a member of the staff of the CPS other than a Crown Prosecutor or a person appointed under section 5(2) of the POA 1985.
Section 38(1A) was inserted by the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), section 84(3).
Section 5(1) was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41), section 71(2), Schedule 10, paragraph 61(2) and by the Extradition Act 2003, section 190(1) and (4).