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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-children-young-people-and-families-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3191",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Children, Young People and Families) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-children-young-people-and-families-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order in Council is made under section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975.\nArticle 3 transfers to the Secretary of State the functions of the Lord Chancellor under the enactments listed there. This is with a view to the functions being exercised by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, and accordingly article 4 transfers to that Secretary of State any property, rights and liabilities to which the Lord Chancellor is entitled or subject in connection with the functions transferred.\nArticle 5 contains supplementary provision in connection with the transfers. Article 6 and the Schedule make consequential amendments to legislation.\nNothing in this Order alters the functions of the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Ministers or the devolved authorities in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3191/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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