The Transfer of Functions (Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986) Order 2018
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2018/780 |
| Year | 2018 |
2018 No. 780
Ministers Of The Crown
The Transfer of Functions (Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986) Order 2018
Made 27th June 2018
Laid before Parliament 4th July 2018
Coming into force 25th July 2018
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of June 2018
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986) Order 2018.
(2) This Order comes into force on 25th July 2018.
Interpretation
2. In this Order “the Leader of the House of Commons” means the Minister of the Crown who is for the time being designated as Leader of the House of Commons by the Prime Minister.
Transfer of concurrently exercisable functions of the Leader of the House of Commons to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
3. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 3 and 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 19862are to cease to be exercisable concurrently with the Leader of the House of Commons and are instead to be exercisable concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Supplementary provision
4.—(1) In this article “article 3 function” means a function which is directed by article 3 to be exercisable concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(2) 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 Leader of the House of Commons may, so far as it relates to an article 3 function, be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Leader of the House of Commons in connection with an article 3 function has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
(4) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 3, as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Leader of the...
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