Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Transfer of certain functions of Department of Health and Social Services

8.  The functions which immediately before the transfer date are exercisable by the Department of Health and Social Services—

(a)under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in Part I of Schedule 6 are hereby transferred as from that date to the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister;

(b)under or for the purposes of the enactments set out in Part II of Schedule 6 are hereby transferred as from that date to the Department for Social Development.