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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-digital-government-order-2018/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-digital-government-order-2018/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/526",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-digital-government-order-2018",
  "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. It makes provision for, and in connection with, the transfer of functions under Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 from the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.\nArticle 2 directs functions of the Secretary of State to cease to be exercisable concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Article 3 provides for the transfer of the function under section 44(4)(d) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 from the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the Secretary of State.\nArticle 4 makes supplementary provision. Article 5 makes provision preserving the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Minister for the Cabinet Office before the coming into force of this Order.\nArticle 6 makes consequential amendments to primary legislation.\nNothing in this Order alters the functions of the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or the devolved authorities in Northern Ireland.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/526/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:58:32.830069+00:00"
  },
  "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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