# The Vehicle Inspectorate Trading Fund (Appropriation of Additional Assets) Order 1997, Introduction: Introductory text


GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS
Made 6th March 1997
Laid before the House of Commons 10th March 1997
Coming into force 31st March 1997
Whereas:
(1) a trading fund (“the fund”) was established under the Government Trading Funds Act 1973 (“the 1973 Act”) by the Vehicle Inspectorate Trading Fund Order 1991 (“the principal order”) with effect from 1st April 1991;
(2) the Crown assets and liabilities described in general terms in Schedule 2 to the principal order were appropriated as assets and liabilities of the fund; and
(3) the Secretary of State for Transport (“the Secretary of State”) has, with Treasury concurrence, determined that the additional Crown assets, described in the Schedule to the following Order, are properly attributable to the operations for which the fund was established and suitable to be appropriated to the fund;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 2(2), 2(7) and 2A(1) of the 1973 Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/668/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vehicle-inspectorate-trading-fund-appropriation-of-additional-assets-order-1997/introduction
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