Article 6 Immovable property outside the United Kingdom and contracts etc governed by foreign law

(1)

The person from time to time holding office as the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is, by virtue of that office—

(a)

to be Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs so long as—

(i)

any immovable property outside the United Kingdom remains vested in that Secretary of State, or

(ii)

that Secretary of State is a party to a contract or other agreement governed by the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,

(b)

to be Secretary of State for International Development so long as—

(i)

any such property remains vested in that Secretary of State, or

(ii)

that Secretary of State is a party to any such contract or other agreement,

(c)

to be Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions^f1 so long as any such property remains vested in that Secretary of State,

(d)

to be Secretary of State for the Environment so long as any such property remains vested in that Secretary of State,

(e)

to be Minister of Public Building and Works so long as any such property remains vested in that Minister, and

(f)

to be First Commissioner of Works so long as the Commissioners of Works have not been dissolved by Order in Council under the Minister of Works Act 1942^f2.

(2)

Section 5(1) to (3) and (5) of the Minister of Works Act 1942 (as set out with adaptations in Schedule 2 to the Secretary of State for the Environment Order 1970^f3) continues to apply to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs as Minister of Public Building and Works.

(3)

Article 17 of the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002^f4 is revoked.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: By virtue of article 17(1) of S.I. 2002/2626, the person from time to time holding office as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs also, by virtue of that office, held office as each of the Ministers listed in article 6(1)(c) to (e) of this Order so long as any immovable property outside the United Kingdom remained vested in that Minister. Article 17(1) also provided that the person held office as First Commissioner of Works so long as the Commissioners of Works had not been dissolved by Order in Council under the Minister of Works Act 1942.
f2: 1942 c. 23.
f3: S.I. 1970/1681.
f4: S.I. 2002/2626.