Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1981/238 |
| Year | 1981 |
1981 No. 238
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 198118thFebruary 1981
25thFebruary 1981
26thFebruary 1981
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of February 1981
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(a), 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 (Transport) Order 1981.
(2) The functions transferred by this Order to the Secretary of State for Transport include functions exercisable by the Minister of Transport jointly with another Minister or other Ministers; and so far as this Order provides for the transfer of functions so exercisable it shall be construed as providing for their exercise jointly by the Secretary of State for Transport and the other Minister or Ministers.
(3) This Order comes into operation on 26th February 1981
Transfer of functions and property
2.—(1) There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport—
(a) all functions of the Minister of Transport which, immediately before the coming into operation of the Minister of Transport Order 1979(b), were, by virtue of Article 2 of the Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976(c), exercisable by that Secretary of State; and
(b) the functions under the enactments listed in the Schedule, so far as exercisable jointly by the Minister of Transport and the Secretary of State.
(2) All other functions of the Minister of Transport are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.
(a) 1975 c. 26.
(b) S.I. 1979/571.
(c) S.I. 1976/1775.
(3) There are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Transport all property, rights and liabilities to which the Minister of Transport is entitled or subject at the coming into operation of this Order.
Supplemental
3.—(1) In section 329(5) of the Highways Act 1980(a) for the words "by the Minister of Transport and not by the Secretary of State" there are substituted the words "by the Secretary of State for Transport".
(2) This Order does not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Minister of Transport 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 of Transport (including in particular any legal proceedings to...
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