3. The following provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926—
(a)section 9(1) (regulations as to removal of a body out of England or Wales);
(b)section 12(2) (approval of regulations under sections 1 and 3).
The function under section 9 was transferred from the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State for Social Services by the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), art 5(3) and Sched., Part 1, to the Secretary of State for Health by the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843), art. 2(1) and Sched. 2, Part 1 and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273), art. 3(2).
The function under section 12 was transferred from the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), art 2 and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273), art. 3(1) and Sched. 1, para 4.