Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1967/486 |
| Year | 1967 |
1967 No. 486
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Miscellaneous) Order 196723rdMarch 1967
31stMarch 1967
1stApril 1967
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions) Act 1946(a) and section 4 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1964(b), 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 (Miscellaneous) Order 1967.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) applies for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) In this Order "instrument", without prejudice to the generality of that expression, includes in particular an Order in Council, judgment, scheme, decree, order, rule, regulation, byelaw, award, covenant, agreement, certificate and any other document, and "Wales" includes Monmouthshire.
(4) Any reference in this Order to any enactment or instrument is a reference to it as amended, and includes a reference to it as applied, by or under any other enactment or instrument.
(5) This Order shall come into operation on 1st April 1967.
Transfer of miscellaneous functions
2.—(1) The following functions are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, that is to say—
(a) the functions exercisable by the Secretary of State for Education and Science under the Commonwealth Institute Act 1958(d), other than the function of acting as a trustee in pursuance of section 2(1) of that Act;
(b) the functions exercisable by the Secretary of State for the Colonies of acting as a trustee in pursuance of the said section 2(1) and of appointing a trustee in pursuance of the Schedule to the Imperial War Museum Act 1955(e); and
(a) 1946 c. 31.
(b) 1964 c. 98.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
(d) 1958 c. 16.
(e) 1955 c. 14.
(c) the functions of the Secretary of State for the Colonies under the instruments mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order.
(2) The functions of the Secretary of State for the Colonies under the instruments mentioned in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 1 to this Order and the functions of the Secretary for Technical Co-operation under the Royal Charter dated 1st April 1924 incorporating the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are hereby transferred to the Minister of Overseas Development.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) of this Article, the functions exercisable by the Minister of Housing and Local Government under section 2 (except sub-section (3)) and sections 3 and 4 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(a) (which relate to the National Parks Commission) are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State and the Minister of Housing and Local Government acting jointly.
(4) The functions under the said section 3 of giving directions which do not relate to Wales and notice of such directions are hereby excepted from the functions transferred by paragraph (3) of this Article; and the functions under that section of giving directions relating to Wales only and notice of such directions are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.
(5) The functions with respect to areas of special control exercisable by the Minister of Housing and Local Government in pursuance of subsections (3) and (4) of section 34 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962(b) (which relates to the control of advertisements), in the application of those subsections to Wales, are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State; and the reference to the Minister in subsection (5) of that section shall be construed accordingly.
(6) The functions exercisable under any enactment mentioned in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order by the Minister mentioned in relation to that enactment in the second column of that Schedule are hereby transferred to the Minister mentioned in relation to that enactment in the third column of that Schedule.
Transfer of functions relating to district audit
3.—(1) The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 220 to 223 of the Local Government Act 1933(c), so far as those sections apply to Wales, are hereby transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government.
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