The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State and Treasury) Order 1986

Citation, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State and Treasury) Order 1986.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1981 Act” means the British Telecommunications Act 1981;

“the 1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984.

(3) In this Order, unless the contrary intention appears, expressions which are also used in Part V of the 1984 Act have the same meanings as in that Part.

(4) This Order comes into operation on 29th January 1987.