Transfer of Functions (Nuclear Installations) Order 1999
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1999/2786 |
1999 No. 2786
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Nuclear Installations) Order 1999
Made 12th October 1999
Laid before Parliament 25th October 1999
Coming into force 15th November 1999
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of October 1999
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of sections 1 and 2 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, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Nuclear Installations) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 15th November 1999.
(2) In this Order “the relevant Secretaries of State” means those Secretaries of State by whom the functions transferred by this Order were exercisable immediately before the coming into force of this Order, as specified in article 2.
Transfer of functions
2. The functions under the Nuclear Installations Act 19652which are exercisable by those Secretaries of State acting jointly who for the time being discharge in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Scotland the functions expressed to be conferred by that Act on the Minister3, are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.
Adaptations of enactments
3.—(1) In section 26(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, in the definition of “prescribed”, for “the Minister of Power and the Secretary of State acting jointly” there is substituted “the Secretary of State”.
(2) In Schedule 2 to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Order 19704, paragraph 7 is omitted.
Supplemental and consequential
4. All property, rights and liabilities to which the relevant Secretaries of State are entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with any function transferred by this Order are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
5.—(1) This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the relevant Secretaries of State before the...
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