1992 No. 902 (C.32)

PARLIAMENT

The Palace of Westminster (Appointed Day) Order 1992

Made

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7(5) of the Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 19921and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Palace of Westminster (Appointed Day) Order 1992.

Appointed Day2

1st April 1992 is the day appointed for the purposes of section 7(5) of the Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

BlatchMinister of State,Department of the Environment

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 21 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 confers certain functions on the Secretary of State which were once discharged by the Surveyor General of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings (those functions include the maintenance and upkeep of the Royal Palaces including the Palace of Westminster). Section 7(5) of the Parliamentary Corporate Bodies Act 1992 provides that section 21 of the 1851 Act will from a day appointed by the Secretary of State cease to have effect in relation to the Palace of Westminster. This Order appoints 1st April 1992 for that purpose.