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Transfer of functions of Minister for Agriculture to Minister for Industry and Commerce.
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3.—(1) The Executive Council may, from time to time, by order transfer to and vest in the Minister for Industry and Commerce all the several functions, powers, and duties conferred or imposed by the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, on the Minister for Agriculture, so far as such functions, powers, and duties relate to or are concerned with one or more particular agricultural products specified in such order.
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(2) Whenever the functions, powers, and duties of the Minister for Agriculture under the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, in relation to any particular agricultural product are for the time being vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by virtue of an order under the next preceding sub-section of this section, the Executive Council may by order retransfer to and revest in the Minister for Agriculture the said several functions, powers and duties, so far as the same relate to or are concerned with the said particular agricultural product.
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(3) The Executive Council may at any time by order amend any order previously made under this section.
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(4) Whenever and so long as the functions, powers, and duties conferred or imposed on the Minister for Agriculture by the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, are, so far as they relate to or are concerned with a particular agricultural product, vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by virtue of an order made under this section, so much of the Principal Act as defines the expression “the Minister” as meaning the Minister for Agriculture shall not apply or have effect in relation to the said particular agricultural product, and in lieu thereof the said expression shall in the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, mean, in relation to the said particular agricultural product, the Minister for Industry and Commerce and the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
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(5) No transfer or retransfer under this section of functions, powers, and duties shall prejudice or affect the validity, operation or duration of any order made or thing done (including an order made or thing done before the passing of this Act) in exercise or performance of such functions, powers and duties before such transfer or retransfer (as the case may be) by the Minister in whom such functions, powers, and duties were for the time being vested, and references in any such order to the Minister by whom such order was made shall be construed and have effect as references to the Minister in whom such functions, powers and duties are for the time being vested.
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