Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Dissolution) Order 1967

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1967/156

1967 No. 156

MINISTERS OF THE CROWN

The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Dissolution) Order 1967

10thFebruary 1967

16thFebruary 1967

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of February 1967

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas it is expedient that certain functions of the Minister of Land and Natural Resources be transferred to the Secretary of State, that certain other functions of that Minister be transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and that the remainder of those functions be transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government:

And whereas copies of the draft of this Order have been laid before Parliament in pursuance of section 3 of the Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions) Act 1946(a), and each House has presented an Address to Her Majesty praying that the Order be made:

Now therefore Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (Dissolution) Order 1967.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) applies for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(3) In this Order—

"instrument", without prejudice to the generality of that expression, includes in particular an Order in Council, judgment, scheme, decree, order, rule, regulation, byelaw, award, covenant, agreement, certificate and any other document;

"Wales" includes Monmouthshire;

and any reference in this Order to functions exercisable by a Minister is a reference to functions exercisable by him immediately before the coming into operation of this Order.

(a) 1946 c. 31.

(b) 1889 c. 63.

(4) Any reference in this Order to any enactment or instrument is a reference to it as amended, and includes a reference to it as applied, by or under any other enactment or instrument.

(5) This Order shall come into operation on 16th February 1967.

Dissolution of Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and transfer of functions

2.—(1) The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources is hereby dissolved.

(2) There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State the functions exercisable by the Minister of Land and Natural Resources in relation to Wales by virtue of—

(a) Article 2(1) of the Minister of Land and Natural Resources Order 1965(a) (which among other things relates to allotments, commons and glebe land); and

(b) the Commons Registration Act 1965(b), any instrument made under that Act, and the Commons Rules 1966(c).

(3) There are hereby transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the functions exercisable by the Minister of Land and Natural Resources by virtue of Article 4 of the Secretary of State for Wales and Minister of Land and Natural Resources Order 1965(d) (which relates to forestry).

(4) The Water Resources Act 1963(e) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, being amendments transferring to the Secretary of State and the Minister of Housing and Local Government certain functions conferred by that Act on the Minister of Land and Natural Resources and adapting that Act in consequence of the transfers.

(5) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Article, the functions of the Minister of Land and Natural Resources are hereby transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government.

(6) With any function transferred by this Article to any Minister there are also transferred to him all property, rights and liabilities to which the Minister of Land and Natural Resources was, in connection with that function, entitled or subject immediately before the coming into operation of this Order.

Consequential amendment and repeal of enactments

3.—(1) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into operation of this Order shall be construed, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the foregoing provisions of this Order, as if...

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