Part 2: Legislative and executive competence: further provision Chapter 11: Harbours Section 31: Application of general provisions to transfer of functions in sections 29 and 30
This section applies certain provisions of Schedules 3 and 4 to GoWA to the functions transferred by sections 29 and 30, as if those functions were transferred by an Order in Council made under section 58 of that Act. The provisions relate to the exercise of transferred functions, the continued validity of things done by a Minister of the Crown before the transfer and the transfer of property, rights and liabilities.
	The provisions are applied to the transfer of functions under the Harbours Act 1964 that are exercisable by a delegate by virtue of an order made under section 42A of that Act (subsection (2)). (The Harbours Act 1964 (Delegation of Functions) Order 2010, S.I. 2010/674, delegated certain Minister of the Crown functions under the Harbours Act to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)).
	The Secretary of State may make regulations setting out contrary arrangements regarding aspects of the transfer of property, rights and liabilities (subsection (3)) and the regulations may make different provision for different purposes, including different provision for different harbours or descriptions of harbours (subsection (4)). The regulations are to be made by statutory instrument subject to the negative procedure (subsection (5) and (6)).