The Transfer of Functions (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State) Order 1974
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of November 1974
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown (Transfer of Functions) Act 1946(a) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

(a) 1946 c. 31.  (b) 1889 c. 63.  (c) 1954 c. 56.  (d) 1967 c. 88.