Made | 5th March 2003 | ||
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 | |||
Coming into operation | 1st May 2003 |
Transfer of certain functions of Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
3.
The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure under or for the purposes of -
are hereby transferred as from that date to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Transfer of certain functions of Department for Regional Development
4.
The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department for Regional Development under or for the purposes of Article 4 of the Energy Efficiency (Northern Ireland) Order 1999[5] are hereby transferred as from that date to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
References in statutory provisions, etc.
5.
- (1) In the construction and for the purposes of any statutory provision or instrument passed, made or issued before the transfer date, any reference to, or which is to be construed as a reference to, the transferor shall, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of the transfer of functions by this Order, be construed as a reference to the transferee.
(2) The transfer of functions by this Order shall not affect the validity of any instrument made or issued or any other act done by, or in relation to, the transferor before the transfer day; and any such instrument or act shall, if in force immediately before that date, continue in force to the same extent and subject to the same provisions as if it had been duly made, issued or done by, or in relation to, the transferee.
(3) Anything (including any legal proceedings) in the process of being done by or in relation to the transferor immediately before the transfer date may, so far as it relates to any function transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.
Transfer of assets and liabilities
6.
All property, rights and liabilities to which the transferor is entitled or subject immediately before the transfer date in connection with the functions transferred by this Order shall on that date be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the transferee.
Paul Murphy
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
5th March 2003.
[2] See the Northern Ireland Act 2000, Schedule, paragraph 4(1)back
[3] 1966 c. 17 (N.I.); these functions were previously transferred by S.R. 1999/481back
[4] 1972 c. 4 (N.I.); these functions were previously transferred by S.R. 1999/481back
[5] S.I. 1999/659 (N.I. 3); these functions were previously transferred by S.R. 1999/481back