6.—(1) The Secretary of State's function of making orders under section 41 (commencement) of the National Heritage Act 1983 is hereby transferred to the Lord President so far as the bringing into force of the following provisions of that Act is concerned, namely—
(a)sections 1 to 16 and Parts I and II of Schedule 1;
(b)paragraphs 1, 2, 5 and 7 of Schedule 5;
(c)paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Schedule, so far as they relate to the Science Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum;
(d)Schedule 6, so far as it relates to the Patents and Designs Act 1907, the National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954 and the Public Records Act 1958.
(2) The Secretary of State's function of making orders under section 41 of the said Act of 1983 shall, so far as the bringing into force of section 40 of that Act is concerned, be exercisable by the Lord President concurrently with the Secretary of State.