88Transfer to Minister of land vested in other Government departments.E+W
(1)The appropriate Ministers may by order provide for the transfer to the Minister, by virtue of the order and without further assurance,—
(a)of any interest in land vested in the Minister of Works which was acquired by that Minister for the purposes of any functions of the Minister,
(b)of any interest in other land, being an interest held on behalf of His Majesty for the purposes of any Government department, in any case where it appears to the appropriate Ministers to be expedient that the interest should be transferred to the Minister either on the ground that it is no longer required to be held for the purpose for which it was acquired or otherwise,
and any order under this section may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the appropriate Ministers necessary or expedient for giving effect to the order.
(2)In this section the expression “the appropriate Ministers” means the Minister and—
(a)in relation to paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection, the Minister of Works;
(b)in relation to paragraph (b) thereof, the Minister in charge of the Government department in question.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Minister of Works now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1962/1549, art. 2 and 1970/1681, arts. 2, 3