AQW 6133/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 01/09/2020
Answered On Date: 11/09/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on transfer of functions concerning the Reservoirs Act.

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.