The Transfer of Functions (Pensions Guidance) Order 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/2013 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 2013
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Pensions Guidance) Order 2015
9thDecember2015
16thDecember2015
1stApril2016
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of December 2015
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 (Pensions Guidance) Order 2015.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st April 2016.
Transfer of functions from the Treasury to the Secretary of State
2. The functions of the Treasury under Part 20A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000( 2) (pensions guidance) are transferred to the Secretary of State.
Supplemental provision in connection with article âÇÄ2
3.-(1) In this article "pensions guidance function" means a function transferred to the Secretary of State by article âÇÄ2.
(2) There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions all property, rights and liabilities to which the Treasury is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with a pensions guidance function.
(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 Treasury may, so far as it relates to a pensions guidance function or anything transferred by paragraph (2), be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(4) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Treasury in connection with a pensions guidance function or anything transferred by paragraph (2) 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 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(5) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a pensions guidance function may be used in connection with the exercise of that function by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Treasury; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms in connection with the exercise of that function by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, those references are to be read as references to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(6) Any enactment or instrument...
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