Department for Women and Gender Equality Act (S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 661)

Marginal note:Minister and Deputy Minister

• 7 (1) Any person who holds, immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, the office of the Minister of Status of Women or the Co-ordinator, Status of Women is deemed to have been appointed under this Act as the Minister for Women and Gender Equality or Deputy Minister for Women and Gender Equality, respectively, on that day.

• Marginal note:Persons who occupy a position

  (2) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of any person who, immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, occupies a position within the Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women, except that the person, as of that coming into force, occupies their position in the Department for Women and Gender Equality.

• Marginal note:Managerial or confidential position

  (3) For greater certainty, a person’s status includes whether or not they occupy a managerial or confidential position.