# The Transfer of Functions (Education and Employment) Order 1995, Article 10: Incorporation of Secretary of State for Education and Employment


(1) The person who at the coming into force of this Order is the Secretary of State for Education and Employment and any successors to that person shall be, by that name, a corporation sole (with a corporate seal).
(2) The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment shall be authenticated by the signature of a Secretary of State, or of a Secretary to the Department for Education and Employment, or of a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf.
(3) The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment shall be officially and judicially noticed, and every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, and to be sealed with that seal authenticated in the manner provided by paragraph (2), or to be signed or executed by a Secretary to the Department for Education and Employment, or a person authorised as above, shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be so made or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
(4) A certificate signed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment that any instrument purporting to be made or issued by him was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
(5) The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 shall apply in relation to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment—
(a) as if references to orders and regulations included references to any document, and
(b) as if the officers mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule included any officer authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2986/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-education-and-employment-order-1995/article-10
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