Introductory text

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 11 of the Public Bodies Act 2011, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in section 11(4) of that Act.

Public Bodies

Made ***

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“the Secretary of State”) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) and (3)(b) and section 6(1) of the Public Bodies Act 2011^f1 (“the Act”).

The consent of the Treasury has been obtained in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act.

In accordance with section 8 of the Act, the Secretary of State considers that—

(a)

this Order serves the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions, having had regard to the factors set out in section 8(1); and

(b)

the conditions in section 8(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied.

The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 10 of the Act.

A draft of this Order, and an explanatory document containing the information required by section 11(2) of the Act, have been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 11(1) of the Act after the end of the period of twelve weeks mentioned in section 11(3) of the Act. In accordance with section 11(4) of the Act, the draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision.

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Footnotes

f1: 2011 c.24. Section 36(1) contains a definition of “Minister”.