8Construction of certain references to Ministers

8 Construction of certain references to Ministers

8 Construction of certain references to Ministers

(1) A reference in a document, made or entered into during the relevant period, to a relevant Minister is, if used in or in relation to an Act allocated to the Minister during the relevant period, to be read as a reference to a Minister to whom the administration of the Act is allocated by the Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Miscellaneous) Order (No 3) 2023.

(2) In this section—

relevant Minister means a Minister omitted from an entry in section 6, Table, column 2 by the Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Miscellaneous) Order (No 3) 2023, Schedule 4.

relevant period means the period commencing on 5 April 2023 and ending on the commencement of this section.

s 8: Ins 2023 (236), Sch 4[8].