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(1)The Secretary of State may by order confer on the Unit such functions as he thinks fit in addition to the functions conferred on the Unit by this Act.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)transfer any function of the Unit to himself;
(b)establish a body and transfer to it any function of the Unit and any function transferred by virtue of paragraph (a) above;
(c)where all the functions of the Unit are transferred by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, abolish the Unit.
(3)An order made by virtue of this section may—
(a)make such modifications—
(i)of section 55(1)
to (4) and (6) above and Schedule 9 to this Act, and
(ii)of references to the Unit in any provision of this Act except section 55,
as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in connection with the conferring or transfer of any function, the establishment of a body or the abolition of the Unit in pursuance of this section;
(b)contain such supplemental and transitional provisions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in that connection.
(4)The Secretary of State may make payments out of money provided by Parliament to any body established by virtue of this section for the purpose of enabling the body to defray its expenses.
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