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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision with respect to the administration
of certain public services in Northern Ireland, and for purposes
connected therewith.
[21st May 1925]
Vesting of certain transferred property and funds in Ministries of
Northern Ireland.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - SECT 1

1.(1) The title, rights and interests to or in any land or
buildings situate in Northern Ireland, and transferred by order of
the Joint Exchequer Board to, and immediately before the passing of
this Act vested in, any Minister of Northern Ireland for the
purpose of the administration of any Irish service in Northern
Ireland, are hereby transferred to and vested in such Ministry of
Northern Ireland as has been established for the administration of
the service in connection with which the land or buildings are to
be held.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7; subs.(3) rep. by 1972
NI11 art.21 sch.4 Pt.V

(4) The assets of the Burke Memorial Prize Fund, the Carlisle and
Blake Fund and the Worship Fund apportioned to the Government of
Northern Ireland, together with all dividends and interest accrued
due on those funds, shall be transferred to and vest in the
Ministry of Education, and shall be held by that Ministry for the
purposes and subject to the trusts for and subject to which those
assets were held before they were apportioned to the said
Government.

(5) Any land, buildings, assets or funds vested by or in pursuance
of this section in any Ministry of Northern Ireland shall, so far
as is necessary for the administration in Northern Ireland of the
Irish services in connection with which such land, buildings, assets
or funds are held, be deemed to have been held by the appropriate
Ministry as from the day on which they were transferred or
apportioned to the Government of Northern Ireland or any department,
authority or officer thereof; and anything which may have been done
before the passing of this Act by or to any department, authority
or officer of that Government, other than the appropriate Ministry,
in relation to any land, buildings, assets or funds vested in such
department, authority or officer by order of the Joint Exchequer
Board, shall be deemed to have been done by or to the appropriate
Ministry.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - SECT 2
Provisions as to exercise of certain administrative powers.

2.(1) As from the passing of this Act, the Ministry of Finance
shall have all the powers which were conferred on the Ministry of
Home Affairs by the Land Trust (Powers) Act (Northern Ireland),
1923, for enabling the Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust to
carry out its functions in Northern Ireland, and shall have power
to do all such acts as are necessary in order to complete any
scheme prepared, and carry out any scheme made, by the Ministry of
Home Affairs before the passing of this Act.

(2) It is hereby declared that

Para.(a) spent

(b)the Ministry of Commerce is the department of the Government of
Northern Ireland for the administration in Northern Ireland of Irish
services in connection with harbours, docks and piers.

S.3 rep. by 1939 c.24 (NI) s.14 sch.3

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - SECT 4
Charge of administrative expenses upon moneys provided by Parliament.

4.(1) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament to
the secretaries, officers and servants of each of the departments of
the Government of Northern Ireland established under the provisions
of section eight of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, such
salaries or remuneration as the Ministry of Finance may from time
to time determine:

Proviso spent

(2) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament the
expenses of each of the said departments to such amount as may be
sanctioned by the Ministry of Finance.

(3) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament all
such expenses of Irish services in Northern Ireland as were, before
the day appointed for the coming into operation of the provisions
of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, as respects those services,
defrayed out of any fund [or part of a fund the assets of which
have been (in whole or part) transferred or apportioned to the
Government of Northern Ireland by the Joint Exchequer Board under
that Act.]

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - SECT 5
Designations of Ministries for purposes of Acts of Parliament.

5. In this Act, and in every other Act of the Parliament of
Northern Ireland whether passed before or after the passing of this
Act, the following expressions shall, unless the contrary intention
appears, have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them,
namely:

The expression "Ministry of Finance" shall mean the Ministry of
Finance for Northern Ireland:

The expression "Ministry of Home Affairs" shall mean the Ministry of
Home Affairs for Northern Ireland:

The expression "Ministry of Labour" shall mean the Ministry of
Labour for Northern Ireland:

[The expression "Ministry of Health and Social Services" shall mean
the Ministry of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland:]

The expression "Ministry of Education" shall mean the Ministry of
Education for Northern Ireland:

The expression "Ministry of Agriculture" shall mean the Ministry of
Agriculture for Northern Ireland:

The expression "Ministry of Commerce" shall mean the Ministry of
Commerce for Northern Ireland.

...

[The expression "Ministry of Development" shall mean the Ministry of
Development for Northern Ireland:]

[The expression "Ministry of the Environment" shall mean the Ministry
of the Environment for Northern Ireland:

The expression "Ministry of Manpower Services" shall mean the
Ministry of Manpower Services for Northern Ireland:]

...

[The expression "Department of the Civil Service" shall mean the
Department of the Civil Service for Northern Ireland.]

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1925 - SECT 6
Short title.

6. This Act may be cited as the Administrative Provisions Act
(Northern Ireland), 1925.

Schedule rep. by 1939 c.24 (NI) s.14 sch.3