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The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010

S.I. 2010/1551 · Made 9 June 2010

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Ministers Of The Crown

Made 9th June 2010

Laid before Parliament 16th June 2010

Coming into force 7th July 2010

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of June 2010

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1975 c. 26; section 1 was amended by section 20 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Incorporation of the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
  4. 4Transfer of functions from Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  5. 5Transfer of property, rights and liabilities from Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
  6. 6Other supplemental provision: Culture, Media and Sport functions etc
  7. 7Transfer of functions relating to Olympics and Paralympics
  8. 8Transfer of property, rights and liabilities relating to Olympics and Paralympics
  9. 9Other supplemental provision: Olympics and Paralympics
  10. 10Supplemental: validity of things done before coming into force of Order
  11. 11Consequential amendments
  12. Signature
  13. Schedule: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
  14. Part 1: PRIMARY LEGISLATION
  15. 1Imperial War Museum Act 1920
  16. 2Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
  17. 3Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
  18. 4Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004
  19. 5Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004
  20. 6Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004
  21. 7Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004
  22. 8London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006
  23. 9Crossrail Act 2008
  24. Part 2: SECONDARY LEGISLATION
  25. 10Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990
  26. 11Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005
  27. 12Olympic Lotteries (Payments out of Fund) Regulations 2006
  28. 13Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
  29. 14Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010
  30. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Order 2010.

(2)

This Order comes into force on 7th July 2010.

2Interpretation

In this Order—

  • “instrument” includes, in particular, Royal Charters, Royal Warrants, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, licences, authorisations, consents, approvals, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, certificates, deeds and other documents;

  • “Olympics or Paralympics function” means a function which, by virtue of article 7, ceases to be exercisable concurrently by the Paymaster General.

3Incorporation of the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport

(1)

The person who at the coming into force of this Order is the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and any successor to that person is by that name a corporation sole.

(2)

The corporate seal of the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport—

(a)

is to be authenticated by the signature of a Secretary of State or a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf, and

(b)

is to be officially and judicially noticed.

(3)

Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and to be—

(a)

sealed with the corporate seal of that Secretary of State authenticated in the manner provided for by paragraph (2), or

(b)

signed or executed by a person authorised by a Secretary of State to act in that behalf,

is to be received in evidence and to be deemed to be so made or issued without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.

(4)

A certificate signed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport that an instrument purporting to be made or issued by—

(a)

the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, or

(b)

the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,

was so made or issued is conclusive evidence of that fact.

(5)

The Documentary Evidence Act 1868f1 applies in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport—

(a)

as if references to regulations and orders included references to any document, and

(b)

as if the officers mentioned in column 2 of the Schedule included any officer authorised to act on behalf of the Secretary of State.

4Transfer of functions from Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The functions of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport are transferred to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

5Transfer of property, rights and liabilities from Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport all property, rights and liabilities to which the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order.

6Other supplemental provision: Culture, Media and Sport functions etc

(1)

Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport may be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(2)

Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(3)

Documents or forms printed for use in connection with a CMS function may be used in connection with that function even though they contain, or are to be read as containing, references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms after the coming into force of this Order, those references are to be read as references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(4)

Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect, so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of—

(a)

the transfer or entrusting to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport of any CMS function, or

(b)

the transfer of anything by article 5,

as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport were or included references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(5)

For the purposes of this article a function is a “CMS function” so far as—

(a)

it is transferred by article 4, or

(b)

it was entrusted to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport immediately before 12th May 2010 and has before the making of this Order been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(6)

In paragraphs (1) to (4) references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport include references to the department or an officer of that Secretary of State; and references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport are to be read accordingly.

7Transfer of functions relating to Olympics and Paralympics

The functions under the following enactments and instrument which are exercisable by the Secretary of State and the Paymaster General concurrentlyf1 shall cease to be exercisable by the Paymaster General—

(a)

the National Lottery etc. Act 1993f2;

(b)

the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995f3;

(c)

the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004f4;

(d)

the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006f5; and

(e)

the Olympic Lotteries (Payments out of Fund) Regulations 2006f6.

8Transfer of property, rights and liabilities relating to Olympics and Paralympics

There are transferred to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport all property, rights and liabilities to which the Paymaster General is entitled or subject at the coming into force of this Order in connection with any Olympics or Paralympics function.

9Other supplemental provision: Olympics and Paralympics

(1)

Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Paymaster General may, so far as it relates to any Olympics or Paralympics function or anything transferred by article 8, be continued by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(2)

Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Paymaster General in connection with any Olympics or Paralympics function or anything transferred by article 8 has effect, so far as necessary for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order, as if done by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(3)

Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order has effect—

(a)

so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 7 as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Paymaster General were or included references to the Secretary of State;

(b)

so far as is necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of article 8 as if references to (and references which are to be read as references to) the Paymaster General were or included references to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

(4)

In paragraphs (1) to (3) references to the Paymaster General include references to the department or an officer of the Paymaster General; and references to the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport are to be read accordingly.

10Supplemental: validity of things done before coming into force of Order

(1)

This Order does not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport or the Paymaster General before the coming into force of this Order.

(2)

In paragraph (1) a reference to a Minister includes a reference to the department or an officer of that Minister.

11Consequential amendments

The Schedule (consequential amendments) has effect.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

1Imperial War Museum Act 1920

In paragraph (1) of the Schedule to the Imperial War Museum Act 1920f1 (trustees), for “The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” substitute “The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

2Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995

In the following provisions of the Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995f1, in each place omit “or the Paymaster General”—

(a)

section 1 (creation of Olympics association right);

(b)

section 4 (limits on effect of Olympics association right)f2;

(c)

section 5 (power to prescribe further limits on effect);

(d)

section 7 (orders in relation to infringing goods, material or articles);

(e)

section 15 (power to give directions to proprietor);

(f)

section 18 (interpretation)f3.

3Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

In paragraph 5(5)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996f1 (heritage), for “the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” substitute “the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

4Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004

In the following provisions of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”)f1, in each place omit “or the Paymaster General” (and “or the Paymaster General’s”)—

(a)

section 22 (Olympic lotteries: timing);

(b)

section 23 (Olympic lottery distribution fund);

(c)

section 26 (payments out of Olympic lottery distribution fund);

(d)

section 28 (winding up of Olympic lottery distribution fund);

(e)

section 30 (distribution);

(f)

section 31 (distribution policy);

(g)

section 32(1) (dissolution of Olympic lottery distributor);

(h)

section 35 (changes in Olympic procedure);

(i)

in Schedule 5 (Olympic lottery distributor), paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 14 (including the heading), 17, 19, 23 and 25.

5Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004

In section 32 of the 2004 Act (dissolution of Olympic lottery distributor), in subsections (5) and (7), for “Neither the Secretary of State nor the Paymaster General may” substitute “The Secretary of State may not”.

6Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004

(1)

Section 34 of the 2004 Act (consequential amendments etc.) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

insert “and” at the end of paragraph (a); and

(b)

omit paragraph (aa) (together with the “and” following it).

(3)

In subsection (7), omit paragraph (b) and the “and” immediately before it.

(4)

In subsection (11), omit paragraph (za).

7Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004

In paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Act (Olympic lottery distributor), for “Neither the Secretary of State nor the Paymaster General shall” substitute “The Secretary of State shall not”.

8London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

(1)

In the following provisions of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006f1, in each place omit “or the Paymaster General” (and “or the Paymaster General’s”)—

(a)

section 2 (alteration of Olympic documents);

(b)

section 4 (general functions of Olympic Delivery Authority);

(c)

section 8 (transfer schemes);

(d)

section 9 (dissolution of Olympic Delivery Authority);

(e)

section 19 (advertising regulations);

(f)

section 20 (regulations: supplemental);

(g)

section 23 (advertising: role of Olympic Delivery Authority);

(h)

section 24 (local planning authorities);

(i)

section 25 (street trading etc.);

(j)

section 26 (section 25: supplemental);

(k)

section 29 (trading: role of Olympic Delivery Authority);

(l)

section 30 (trading: other authorities);

(m)

section 35 (section 34: supplemental);

(n)

section 36 (regional development agencies);

(o)

section 37 (Scotland);

(p)

section 40 (commencement and duration);

(q)

section 41 (extent and application);

(r)

in Schedule 1 (Olympic Delivery Authority), paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18 (including the heading), 24, 26, 28 and 32;

(s)

in Schedule 2 (transfer schemes), paragraphs 2 (including the heading) and 10;

(t)

in Schedule 4 (London Olympics association right), paragraphs 1, 3, 5 and 10.

(2)

In section 34(3) of that Act (Greater London Authority: powers), omit paragraph (aa).

9Crossrail Act 2008

In paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 9 to the Crossrail Act 2008f1 (heritage), for “the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” substitute “the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

10Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990

In Schedule 4 to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990f1, as it applies in relation to England only, for “the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” in each place substitute “the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

11Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005

In Schedule 2 to the Disability Discrimination (Public Authorities) (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2005f1 (reporting authorities), for “The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” substitute “The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

12Olympic Lotteries (Payments out of Fund) Regulations 2006

In regulations 2 and 3 of the Olympic Lotteries (Payments out of Fund) Regulations 2006f1, in each place omit “or the Paymaster General”.

13Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006

In column (2) of the table in Schedule 5 to the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006f1 (persons to be served with copy of application etc.), for “Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” in each place substitute “Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

14Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010

In regulation 1(2) of the Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2010f1 (interpretation), in the definition of “Culture Secretary”, for “the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport” substitute “the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order in Council is made under sections 1 and 2 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975. It makes provision in connection with the establishment of the office of Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

Article 3 provides for the incorporation of the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport as a corporation sole and for the authentication of the corporate seal and execution and certification of documents.

Article 4 transfers to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport the functions of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Article 5 transfers to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport the property, rights and liabilities of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Articles 6 and 10 make other supplemental provision.

Article 7 provides that functions relating to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics under specified legislation which are exercisable by the Secretary of State and Paymaster General concurrently cease to be exercisable by the Paymaster General. Article 8 transfers to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport property, rights and liabilities relating to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics to which the Paymaster General is entitled or subject. Articles 9 and 10 make other supplemental provision.

Article 11 and the Schedule to the Order make consequential amendments to Acts of Parliament and subordinate legislation.

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 sectors is foreseen.