Article 2 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In this Order “instrument” includes, in particular, Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, licences, authorisations, consents, approvals, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents.

(2)

In this Order a reference to a function of a Minister is to be read, in the case of a function which is exercisable by the Minister jointly with another person or is otherwise shared by the Minister, as a reference to the Minister’s share of the function.

(3)

For the purposes of this Order, a function is a “former BERR function” so far as—

(a)

it is transferred by article 4(1), or

(b)

it was entrusted to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform immediately before 5 June 2009 and has before the making of this Order been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

(4)

For the purposes of this Order, a function is a “former IUS function” so far as—

(a)

it is transferred by article 4(2), or

(b)

it was entrusted to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills immediately before 5 June 2009 and has before the making of this Order been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 13.11.2009, see art. 1(2)