Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/188 |
1991 No. 188
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1991
Made 5th February 1991
Laid before Parliament 13th February 1991
Coming into force 1st April 1991
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of February 1991
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, interpretation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1991.
(2) In this Order–
“instrument” (without prejudice to the generality of that expression) includes in particular Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Orders by Her Majesty, orders, rules, regulations, minutes, agreements and other documents;
“the Minister” means the Minister for the Civil Service.
(3) This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
Transfer of functions from the Minister to the Treasury
2. There are hereby transferred to the Treasury such functions as are at the commencement of this Order exercisable by the Minister with respect to the prescribing, in relation to appointments to situations in the civil service of the State, of qualifications relating to aptitude or potential.
Transfer of functions from the Treasury to the Minister
3. There are hereby transferred to the Minister such functions as are at the commencement of this Order exercisable by the Treasury with respect to the prescribing, in relation to appointments to situations in the civil service of the State, of qualifications relating to health, character or nationality.
Supplementary provisions
4.—(1) This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Minister or the Treasury before its commencement; and anything which at the commencement of this Order is in process of being done by or in relation to the Minister or the Treasury may, if it relates to any of the functions transferred by this Order from one of them to the other, be continued by or in relation to the other.
(2) Anything done by the Minister or the Treasury for the purposes of any of...
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