AQW 6133/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on transfer of functions concerning the Reservoirs Act.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 1 September 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 September 2020
- Answer due by
- 16 September 2020
- Answered
- 11 September 202010 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
A Transfer of Functions Order is required to transfer responsibility for the statutory functions under the Reservoirs Act (NI) 2015 from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to the Department for Infrastructure. At the request of the DAERA Minister, and with my agreement, the First Minister and deputy First Minister have agreed to the transfer of function and to include the provision to transfer in a Transfer of Functions Order.
The next stage is for the First Minister and deputy First Minister to seek Executive approval to the making of the Order. Following Executive approval, and scrutiny by the relevant Committees, the Order will be laid and a debate scheduled for Assembly agreement. The Order will come into operation on the day after it is affirmed by resolution of the Assembly.