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1E+W+SAttorney General’s Office.
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I1Sch. para. 1 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
2E+W+SCabinet Office.
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I2Sch. para. 2 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
3E+W+SDepartment for [F1Business and Trade].
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F1Words in Sch. para. 3 substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 23(a) (with art. 17)
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I3Sch. para. 3 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
4E+W+SDepartment for [F2Culture, Media and Sport].
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F2Words in Sch. para. 4 substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 23(b) (with art. 17)
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I4Sch. para. 4 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
5E+W+SDepartment for Education.
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I5Sch. para. 5 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
[F35AE+W+SDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero.]
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F3Sch. para. 5A inserted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 23(c) (with art. 17)
6E+W+SDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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I6Sch. para. 6 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
F47E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F4Sch. para. 7 omitted (3.5.2023) by virtue of The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 23(d) (with art. 17)
8E+W+SDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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I7Sch. para. 8 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
[F58AE+W+SDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology.]
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F5Sch. para. 8A inserted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 23(e) (with art. 17)
9E+W+SDepartment for Transport.
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I8Sch. para. 9 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
10E+W+SDepartment for Work and Pensions.
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I9Sch. para. 10 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
11E+W+SDepartment of Health and Social Care.
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I10Sch. para. 11 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
12E+W+SForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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I11Sch. para. 12 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
13E+W+SHer Majesty’s Treasury.
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I12Sch. para. 13 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
14E+W+SHome Office.
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I13Sch. para. 14 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
15E+W+SMinistry of Defence.
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I14Sch. para. 15 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
16E+W+SMinistry of Justice.
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I15Sch. para. 16 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
17E+W+SOffice of the Leader of the House of Commons.
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I16Sch. para. 17 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
18E+W+SOffice of the Leader of the House of Lords.
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I17Sch. para. 18 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
19E+W+SOffice of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
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I18Sch. para. 19 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
20E+W+SOffice of the Secretary of State for Wales.
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I19Sch. para. 20 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 4(3)
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