Article 2 Interpretation
(1)
In this Order “the transfer date” means 1st July 1998.
(2)
Any reference in the Schedule to an enactment includes—
(a)
a reference to any enactment in operation on the transfer date amending or extending that enactment; and
(b)
a reference to so much of any enactment in operation on the transfer date as confers functions on the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of that enactment.