The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Fire and Rescue Service Equipment) Order 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/428
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Fire and Rescue Service Equipment) Order 2010 and shall come into force on 1st April 2010.

(2) In this Order—

“asset list” means the list entitled “Inventory of New Dimension equipment provided to the Welsh Assembly Government”, signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Welsh Ministers and dated 1st February 2010;

“related matters” means all rights in, and liabilities arising in connection with, the specified equipment, to which the Secretary of State is entitled or subject on 1st April 2010;

“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ;

“specified equipment” means the equipment described in the asset list.

Section 2 Transfer of equipment and related matters from the Secretary of State to the Welsh Ministers

The specified equipment and the related matters are transferred to the Welsh Ministers.

Section 3 Ancillary provisions

(1) Anything (including legal proceedings) relating to any of the specified equipment or any of the related matters which was commenced by or in relation to the Secretary of State before the date on which this Order comes into force may be continued by or in relation to the Welsh Ministers.

(2) Anything done by the Secretary of State before the date on which this Order comes into force, for the purpose of or in connection with any of the specified equipment or any of the related matters, has effect as if done by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) In any instrument, contract or legal proceedings made or begun before the date on which this Order comes into force and relating to any of the specified equipment or any of the related matters, the Welsh Ministers are substituted for the Secretary of State, and references in such an instrument, contract or legal proceedings to “the Secretary of State” shall be construed accordingly.