Transfer of Functions (Sea Transport, etc.) Order 1968
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2038/1968 |
| Year | 1968 |
1968 No. 2038
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Transfer of Functions (Sea Transport, etc.) Order 196820thDecember 1968
31stDecember 1968
1stJanuary 1969
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of December 1968
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions) Act 1946(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 (Sea Transport, etc.) Order 1968.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) applies for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) This Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1969.
Transfer of functions, and consequential transfer of rights and liabilities
2.—(1) In relation to the functions exercised at the date of this Order by the Minister of Transport in connection with the provision, acquisition, management and disposal of ships and shipping accommodation and of machinery, plant and equipment for use in shipping or for the purposes of shipping (except any such functions not exercised by him through the sea transport division of his Ministry), and in relation to the functions exercised or exercisable by the Minister of Transport under the Marine and Aviation Insurance (War Risks) Act 1952(c), the Board of Trade shall replace the Minister of Transport.
(2) Any rights or liabilities of the Minister of Transport arising from an agreement or contract entered into in connection with any of the functions transferred by paragraph (1) above, or from any thing done under or in pursuance of any such agreement or contract, shall be rights and liabilities of the Board of Trade; and any outstanding rights and obligations of that Minister by reason of Part I of the War Risks Insurance Act 1939(d), shall be rights and obligations of the Board.
(a) 1946 c. 31.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(c) 1952 c. 57.
(d) 1939 c. 57.
3.—(1) Without prejudice to the continued validity of anything done before the coming into operation of this Order, the Board of Trade shall also replace the Minister of Transport in relation to the functions exercised or exercisable by that Minister under or by virtue of any of the following:—
(a) section 143 of the Public Health Act 1936(a) (treatment and prevention of infectious diseases);
(b) section 64(1) of...
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