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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision in connection with the entrusting to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry of functions relating to small businesses which were previously entrusted to the Secretary of State for Employment.

The Order transfers to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry the property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Employment is entitled or subject in connection with the functions.

The Order also makes supplemental and consequential provision in relation to the transfers.