The Transfer of Functions (Elections) Order 2014
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2014/268 |
| Year | 2014 |
2014No. 268
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Elections) Order 2014
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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 2014
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 1975( 1), 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 (Elections) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on 11th March 2014.
Functions of the Secretary of State to be exercisable concurrently with the Lord President
2. The Secretary of State's functions under section 58(1) and (5)(c) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011( 2) (orders about the election of police and crime commissioners) are to be exercisable concurrently with the Lord President of the Council.
Supplementary
3. (1) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State 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 Secretary of State may, so far as it relates to an article 2 function, be continued by or in relation to the Lord President.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State in connection with an article 2 function 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 Lord President.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with an article 2 function may be used in connection with the exercise of that function by the Lord President even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Secretary of State; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms in connection with the exercise of that function by the Lord President, those references are to be read as references to the Lord President.
(5) 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 2, as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Secretary of State were...
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