Article 6 Transfer of property etc. to Secretary of State for Justice

(1)

There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Justice—

(a)

all property which, by virtue of section 35 of the Prison Act 1952^f1, is vested in the Secretary of State at the coming into force of this Order, and

(b)

all rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State is entitled or subject at that time in connection with that property.

(2)

There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Justice all property, rights and liabilities not falling within paragraph (1) to which the Secretary of State for the Home Department is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with—

(a)

the functions transferred by article 4(2), or

(b)

the functions that were immediately before 9th May 2007 entrusted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department and that have been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Justice before the making of this Order.

(3)

There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Justice all property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1952 c. 52.