http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/76/article/2/madeThe Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016enGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2016-02-26NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENTS This order transfers certain functions of Northern Ireland departments to other Northern Ireland departments. 2 1 In this Order— “department” includes the Minister of the department (or in the case of OFMDFM the First Minister and the deputy First Minister); “instrument” includes any judgment, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, certificate or other document; “OFMDFM” means the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister; “transfer date” means the date on which section 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 comes into operation; “transferor” and “transferee”, in relation to any functions transferred by this Order, mean respectively the department from which and the department to which the functions are transferred. 2 Any reference in this Order to a statutory provision under or for the purposes of which a function is transferred by this Order (a “transferring provision”) includes a reference to a statutory provision passed or made before the transfer date which— a amends or extends the transferring provision; or b confers functions on the transferor for the purposes of the transferring provision.