Explanatory note

This Order provides that functions with respect to the centralised procurement or provision of goods, services and facilities in the fields of computers and telecommunications which are exercisable by the Minister for the Civil Service may also be exercised by the Treasury. It transfers to the Treasury rights and liabilities in connection with those functions under contracts entered into before the commencement of the Order by the Minister for the Civil Service through the executive agency known as the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency. The Order is consequential upon the transfer of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency from the Cabinet Office to the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury.