# The Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, Article 17: Immovable property outside the United Kingdom


(1) The person from time to time holding office as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs shall by virtue of that office—
(a) be Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions so long as any immovable property outside the United Kingdom remains vested in that Secretary of State,
(b) be Seceretary of State for the Environment so long as any such property remains vested in that Secretary of State,
(c) be Minister of Public Building and Works so long as any such property remains vested in that Minister, and
(d) 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.
(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) shall continue to apply to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as Minister of Public Building and Works.
(3) Article 15 of the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001 is hereby revoked.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2626/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-transport-local-government-and-the-regions-order-2002/article-17
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