# The Transfer of Functions (Registration) Order 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order in Council is made under section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975.
Article 3 transfers to the Secretary of State certain statutory functions relating to the Registrar General for England and Wales.
Article 4 makes supplementary provision.
Article 5 and Schedule 2 make consequential amendments to enactments and instruments.
Nothing in this Order alters the functions of the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or the devolved authorities in Northern Ireland.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/678/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-registration-order-2008/note
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