http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/133Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972An Act to provide for the constitution of district councils to administer local government districts, for the regulation of such councils and for certain of their functions; to abolish existing local government areas and existing local authorities, with certain exceptions, and to enable provision to be made for the transfer of the functions, assets and liabilities of such authorities; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-15Expert Participation2024-05-07 Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972Sch. 8 para. 1Bribery Act 2010Sch. 2s. 16 19(5)s. 19(1)art. 2Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972Sch. 8 para. 3Bribery Act 2010Sch. 2s. 16 19(5)s. 19(1)art. 2 PART IX1331The Ministry may by order make provision for the transfer from existing local authorities or their officers, on such day or days as are specified in the order, of any functions of those authorities or officers for the transfer of which provision is not made by any other statutory provision (except subsection (2)) to such other authority, being a government department, council or public body, or to such officer of any such other authority, as is specified in the order.2For the purpose of providing for the exercise on and after [ 1st October 1973] by councils of functions exercisable immediately before that date by urban district councils, where provision for the transfer of those functions is not made by any statutory provision other than this subsection any reference in a transferred provision contained in—aa public general Act passed before [ 1st October 1973], orban instrument made before [ 1st October 1973], not being an instrument in the nature of a local enactment,to an urban district (whether as such or as a county district or a sanitary district) or to the council of such a district, or any reference which is to be construed as such a reference, shall, except where it is a reference to a specified urban district or urban district council or is to be construed as such, be construed as including a reference to a district or its council, as the case may be.1972 NI 21