The Northern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No. 1) Order 1973

Transfer of certain functions to Secretary of State

2.—(1) Subject to Article 3, the functions, immediately before the appointed day, of the Minister or Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland under the enactments specified in Schedule 1 and under any instrument made under any such enactment are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

(2) The Secretary of State, as well as the Department of Home Affairs, may exercise functions under sections 147, 167 and 168 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

(3) The functions, immediately before the appointed day, of the Ministry of Commerce for Northern Ireland under section 59 of the Explosives Act 1875 are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

(4) The Secretary of State, as well as a head of a Northern Ireland department, may exercise functions under section 11(3) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 and section 12(3) of the Commissioner for Complaints Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.

(5) The functions, immediately before the appointed day, of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.