The Transfer of Functions (Royal Mail Pension Plan) Order 2014
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2014/500 |
| Year | 2014 |
2014No. 500
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Royal Mail Pension Plan) Order 2014
5thMarch2014
12thMarch2014
2ndApril2014
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of March 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 (Royal Mail Pension Plan) Order 2014.
(2) This Order comes into force on 2nd April 2014.
Transfer of functions
2. (1) The functions of the Secretary of State under the Postal Services Act 2011 (Transfer of Accrued Pension Rights) Order 2012( 2) are transferred to the Minister for the Civil Service.
(2) The functions of the Secretary of State under the following provisions of the Postal Services Act 2011( 3) are to be exercisable concurrently with the Minister for the Civil Service-
(a) in Part 2 (Royal Mail Pension Plan)-(i) section 16 (introduction);(ii) section 17 (transfer of qualifying accrued rights to new public scheme);(iii) section 20 (protection against adverse treatment);(iv) section 24 (information);(v) section 25 (orders and regulations);(b) in Part 5 (general), section 91 (minor and consequential amendments).(3) In this Order "transferred function" means a function transferred to the Minister for the Civil Service by paragraph (1) or directed to be exercisable concurrently with that Minister by paragraph (2).
Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
3. There are transferred to the Minister for the Civil Service all property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order-
(a) under the agreement between the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Royal Mail Group Limited and Post Office Limited relating to the administration of the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme which was entered into on 20th December 2012, or(b) otherwise in connection with any function transferred by article 2(1).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 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 a transferred function or anything transferred by article 3, be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Civil Service.
(3) Anything done (or having...
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