The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2016/997 |
| Year | 2016 |
(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016.(2) This Order comes into force on 9th November 2016.In this Order— an Act, or a provision of an Act or instrument, listed in Schedule 1, oran instrument having effect under any such Act or provision of such an Act,(2) The functions to which paragraph (1) applies include functions under any provision not yet in force at the time this Order is made (and in Schedule 1 a reference to an Act or provision of an Act or instrument includes a reference to the Act or provision as amended by any provision of an enactment or instrument passed or made before that time even though the amending provision is not yet in force at that time) .There are transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office all property, rights and liabilities to which the Chancellor of the Duchy is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with an article 3 function. The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 3 and 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
an article 3 function,anything transferred by article 4, andan article 5 function.in relation to an article 3 function or anything transferred by article 4, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, andin relation to an article 5 function, the Leader of the House of Commons.(3) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy may, so far as it relates to anything to which this article applies, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.(4) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy in connection with anything to which this article applies has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the transferee.(5) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with an article 3 function or an article 5 function may be used in connection with the exercise of that function by the transferee even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Chancellor of the Duchy; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms in connection with the exercise of that function by the transferee, those references are to be read as references to the transferee.(6) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of the transfer of anything to which this article applies, as if references to the Chancellor of the Duchy (and references which are to be read as references to the Chancellor of the Duchy) were references to the transferee.functions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
functions under section 2(2) (b) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001
the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001
(1) There are transferred to the Minister for the Cabinet Office all property, rights and liabilities to which the Chancellor of the Duchy is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with a function which is transferred by article 7 to the Minister for the Cabinet Office (an “article 7 function”) .(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy may, so far as it relates to an article 7 function or anything transferred by paragraph (1) , be continued by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Chancellor of the Duchy in connection with an article 7 function or anything transferred by paragraph (1) has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with an article 7 function may be used in connection with the exercise of that function by the Minister for the Cabinet Office even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Chancellor of the Duchy; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms in connection with the exercise of that function by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, those references are to be read as references to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.(5) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 7 or paragraph (1) , as if references to the Chancellor of the Duchy (and references which are to be
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