{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2001/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/229",
  "legislation_title": "Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/departments-transfer-of-functions-order-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Transfer of certain functions of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development",
  "text": "The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development under or for the purposes of—\n(a) section 185B(3) and (4) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966; and\n(b) Article 8(1)(b) and (2) of, and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973;\nare hereby transferred as from that date to the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 17 (N.I.); section 185B was inserted by S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 13), Article 31 and amended by S.I. 1993/3165 (N.I. 16), Article 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/229/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:11:16.409178+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}