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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minister-of-transport-order-1979/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minister-of-transport-order-1979/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/571",
  "legislation_title": "The Minister of Transport Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/minister-of-transport-order-1979",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Transfer of functions and property",
  "text": "(1) The functions of the Secretary of State for Transport, and the functions of the Secretary of State which previously were entrusted to the Secretary of State for Transport, are hereby transferred to the Minister of Transport.\n(2) There are hereby transferred to the Minister of Transport all property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Transport is entitled or subject, at the coming into operation of this Order, in connection with any function transferred by this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/571/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:18:24.611743+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."
}