4.—(1) The following functions of the First Secretary of State are transferred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government—
(a)his functions under section 86(6A) of the Transport Act 1962(1);
(b)his functions under sections 228 and 245(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2);
(c)his functions under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as the appropriate Minister by virtue of section 265(1)(d) of that Act.
(2) Any function of the First Secretary of State by virtue of section 329(5) of the Highways Act 1980(3) is transferred to the Secretary of State.
1980 c. 66; the Transfer of Functions (Transport) Order 1981, S.I. 1981/238, art. 2, transferred certain functions of the Minister of Transport to the Secretary of State for Transport and the remainder to the Secretary of State; by art. 3(1) of that Order, s. 329(5) was amended to refer to the Secretary of State for Transport; any function of the Secretary of State for Transport under s. 329(5) was transferred by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997, S.I. 1997/2971, art. 3(1) to the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, then by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Order 2001, S.I. 2001/2568. art. 7(1) to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, and then by the Transfer of Functions (Transport, Local Government and the Regions) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/2626, art. 14 to the First Secretary of State.