Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act

Marginal note:Transferring functions and combining departments

2 The Governor in Council may

• (a) transfer any powers, duties or functions or the control or supervision of any portion of the federal public administration from one minister to another, or from one department in, or portion of, the federal public administration to another; or

• (b) amalgamate and combine any two or more departments under one minister and under one deputy minister.