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1981 c. 22. The term “the Ministers” is defined in section 86(1)(c). Functions conferred on “the Ministers” under the Act are, in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, vested in the Welsh Ministers. All functions of a Minister of the Crown under section 84(1) of the Act were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales by the Secretary of State for Wales, transferred to National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). Any other functions of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales under section 84(1) of the Act were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s functions under section 84(1) of the Act were later transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I.2002/794). These functions of the Secretary of State were, in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3044). By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers. By virtue of paragraph 7 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, the functions of the Minister of the Crown are transferred free from the requirement for Treasury approval in section 84(1).