Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/465 |
1987 No. 465
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987
Made 18th March 1987
Laid before Parliament 26th March 1987
Coming into force 1st April 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March 1987
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 hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1987.
Transfer of functions
2. The functions of the Secretary of State under—
(a) section 12(a) of the Immigration Act 19712;
(b) section 22 of that Act; and
(c) paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 16 of Schedule 5 to that Act,
are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor.
Consequential amendments
3.—(1) The said Act of 1971 shall be amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 12 there shall be substituted—
“(a)
“(a) members of the Tribunal and adjudicators shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor; and
(b)
(b) Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the adjudicators and the Tribunal.”.
(3) In section 22 and paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 15 and 16 of Schedule 5 for the words“Secretary of State”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words“Lord Chancellor”.
(4) In section 31 after the words“expenses incurred”there shall be inserted the words“by the Lord Chancellor under Schedule 5 to this Act or”and paragraph (c) shall be omitted.
Supplementary
4.—(1) Any instrument made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purpose or in consequence of the transfers effected by this Order, as if references to the Secretary of State were references to the Lord Chancellor.
(2) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this Order, and anything which at the time of the coming into force of this Order is in process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State may, if it relates to a function transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the Lord Chancellor.
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