EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (“CABE”).

It provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of CABE immediately before the dissolution date to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (article 4).

It also makes related provision for the preparation and audit of CABE’s final accounts and the preparation of its final report (articles 5 and 6), other transitional and saving provisions (article 7), and consequential repeals and revocations (article 8 and the Schedule).

An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website at www.opsi.gov.uk.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.