- Draft legislation
This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 No. 3676
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day on which the abolition of the Intervention Board takes effect.
(2) In this Order—
“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“the Intervention Board” means the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce established under section 6(1) of the European Communities Act 1972(1);
“the operative date” means the day on which this Order comes into force; and
“the transferor” means the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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