Legislation – The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) Order 2020

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Introduction

1 Citation and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Incorporation of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

4 Transfer of functions

5 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities

6 Immovable property outside the United Kingdom and contracts etc governed by foreign law

7 Supplementary

8 Supplementary: validity of things done before coming into force of Order

9 Consequential amendments

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Signature

Explanatory note

SCHEDULECONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 2Secondary Legislation

Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure) 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/200)

25.

In the following provisions of Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure) 2016 (the simple procedure rules), for “the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs” substitute “the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs”—

(a)

rule 19.4(5) and (8) (service on someone who lives in an EU member state), and

(b)

rule 19.5(4) and (8) (service on someone who lives in a Hague Convention country).