Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/2039 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 2039
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1987
Made 26th November 1987
Laid before Parliament 4th December 1987
Coming into force 25th December 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of November 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, interpretation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1987.
(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 25th December 1987.
Transfer of functions from Minister to Treasury
2.—(1) There are hereby transferred to the Treasury the functions of the Minister with respect to—
(a)
(a) recruitment policy for the civil service of the State;
(b)
(b) retirement and redundancy of persons employed in the service and the reinstatement and re-employment of persons in the service;
(c)
(c) the classification of persons employed in the service;
(d)
(d) holidays, part-time working and other working arrangements in the service;
(e)
(e) re-deployment of staff between departments; and
(f)
(f) the location of government offices.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) above shall not be construed as transferring to the Treasury the functions of the Minister under articles 1 to 3 of the Civil Service Order in Council 1982 (certificates of qualification) or his functions under article 4(a)(i) of that Order relating to the selection and manner of appointment of persons to the situations there mentioned and their qualifications in respect of matters other than age, education and professional attainment.
(3) Paragraph (1)(e) above shall not be construed as relating to the making of senior appointments.
Transfer of functions from Treasury to Minister
3. There are hereby transferred to the Minister the functions of the Treasury under section 2 of the Chequers Estate Act 19582(Exchequer grants to administrative trustees).
Supplementary provisions
4.—(1) In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 19673as substituted by section 1(2) of the Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 19874(departments and authorities subject to investigation)—
(a)
(a) the entry “the Management and Personnel Office” shall be omitted;
(b)
(b) there shall be inserted in the appropriate place the entry “Office of the Minister for the Civil Service”; and
(c)
(c) in Note 6 (scope of the references to the Management and Personnel Office and the Treasury) for “Management and...
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