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MINISTRIES OF NORTHERN IRELAND ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1921 - SECT 1



1.(1) The branches specified in the schedule to this Act in connection with
the Ministries named in that schedule (being branches for the establishment of
which provision was made by the direction of the Lord Lieutenant dated the
seventh day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-one) shall not be
established, or, if established prior to the commencement of this Act, shall
cease to exist, and any Irish service which would pursuant to that direction
be administered in Northern Ireland by any such branch shall be administered
by the appropriate Ministry, and that direction is hereby altered accordingly.

(2) References in any Irish Transfer Order made under the
Government of Ireland Act, 1920, to any branch of a Department of the
Government of Northern Ireland shall cease to have effect.

(3) The Minister of each Ministry named as aforesaid may distribute the
business of his Ministry amongst the various officers thereof in such manner
as he thinks fit, and may, if he thinks fit, by Minute to be laid before both
Houses of Parliament, assign any specified powers or duties of that Ministry
to such officer, officers or committee as he may appoint to exercise or
perform the same, either:

(a)under the designation of the branch of that Ministry by which such powers
or duties would, but for the passing of this Act, have been required by law to
be exercised or performed; or

(b)under any other designation having reference to such powers or duties:

Provided always that, where any powers or duties of a Ministry have been so
assigned, their exercise or performance shall remain subject to the direction
and control of the Minister, who shall continue to be responsible for the
administration of the service in relation to which the powers are exercised or
the duties performed.


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