The Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010 No. 760

Powers to confer or impose functions

7.—(1) Any pre-commencement power to confer or impose a relevant function on a Minister of the Crown includes power—

(a) to confer or impose the function on the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General, or

(b) to direct that the function is to be exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General concurrently with a Minister of the Crown.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

“pre-commencement power” means a power which was exercisable immediately before the transfer date;

“relevant function” means a function which, had it been a function of a Minister of the Crown immediately before the transfer date—

(a)

would have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 4, or

(b)

would, by virtue of article 5, have become concurrently exercisable by the Welsh Ministers and the Minister of the Crown.