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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welsh-ministers-transfer-of-functions-no-2-order-2009/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111484616",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welsh-ministers-transfer-of-functions-no-2-order-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Powers to confer or impose functions",
  "text": "(1) Any pre-commencement power to confer or impose a relevant function on the Secretary of State shall have effect as a power to confer or impose the function on the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) a pre-commencement power is a power which was exercisable immediately before 31st December 2011; and\n(b) a relevant function is a function which, had it been a function of the Secretary of State immediately before 31st December 2011, would have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111484616/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:50.188905+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."
}