The Transfer of Functions (Office of Her Majesty's Paymaster General) Order 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/607 |
2006 No. 607
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General) Order 2006
Made 8th March 2006
Laid before Parliament 9th March 2006
Coming into force 3rd April 2006
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of March 2006
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General) Order 2006.
(2) This Order comes into force on 3rd April 2006.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
(a) “the “Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
(b) “instrument”, without prejudice to the generality of that expression, includes in particular Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents.
Transfer of functions
3. The following functions of the Paymaster General are transferred to the Commissioners—
(a) functions relating to the administration and oversight of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General;
(b) powers to authorise or require action by or in relation to that Office, for the purpose of discharging a duty or liability of the Paymaster General or for any other purpose.
Supplementary
4.—(1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Paymaster General before the coming into force of this Order.
(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 Paymaster General may, so far as it relates to anything transferred by article 3, be continued by or in relation to the Commissioners.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Paymaster General in connection with anything transferred by article 3 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 Commissioners.
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