The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007
This Order makes provision in connection with the establishment of the Ministry of Justice. It transfers to the Lord Chancellor certain functions of the Secretary of State, which were formerly entrusted to the Home Secretary and one function which was conferred on the Home Secretary. It transfers to the Secretary of State for Justice certain functions conferred on the Secretary of State at large. It also transfers certain functions from the Lord Chancellor to the Secretary of State at large or to the Home Secretary. Further, it makes supplemental provision in connection with (a) functions transferred under the order, (b) functions that were formerly entrusted to the Home Secretary and that have already been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Justice, and (c) functions that were formerly entrusted to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and that have already been entrusted to the Secretary of State for Justice.