Paragraph 1 Main powersI1

England and Wales

(1)

The Minister may by regulations—

(a)

provide that a body corporate called the Public Sector Fraud Authority (and referred to in this Schedule as “the PSFA”) is established;

(b)

provide for the transfer to the PSFA of all or any of the functions to which this paragraph applies.

(2)

The Minister may by regulations provide for the transfer to a public authority other than the PSFA of all or any of the functions to which this paragraph applies.

(3)

This paragraph applies to the functions initially conferred on the Minister by Chapters 1 to 5 of Part 1 of this Act (including functions conferred by an amendment of another enactment), except any function of making regulations or issuing a code of practice.

(4)

A function transferred under sub-paragraph (2) may subsequently be transferred to the PSFA under sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(5)

But a function transferred to the PSFA under sub-paragraph (1)(b) may not subsequently be transferred to another public authority under sub-paragraph (2).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 109(2)(b)