# The Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982, Article 16: Power to facilitate the coming into operation of this Order


Without prejudice to the provisions of section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, the Secretary of State and the Treasury may exercise and the Secretary of State may authorise or require the Board or other persons to exercise during the period before the day on which the whole of this Order has been brought into operation any functions which will, from that day, be exercisable under the provisions of this Order in so far as the exercise of those functions during that period is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State or the Treasury as the case may be, necessary or expedient for securing that the various provisions of this Order may be effective from the days provided for their coming into operation and for preventing difficulties in the operation of this Order after those days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1982/713/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/probation-board-northern-ireland-order-1982/article-16
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