# Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners Act 1987, Paragraph 10


In relation to any function exercised on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act applies which was previously exercisable on behalf of the Crown by a department or authority to which this Act does not apply, the reference to the department or authority to which this Act applies includes a reference to the other department or authority if the other department or authority—
(a) ceased to exercise the function before the commencement of this Act; or
(b) where it exercised the function after the commencement of this Act, only did so when it was a department or authority to which this Act applied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/39/schedule/2/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-and-health-service-commissioners-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-10
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