S.I. No. 164/1987:

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (No. 2) ORDER, 1987.

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (No. 2) ORDER, 1987.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture and Food and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Agriculture and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1987.

2. All the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food conferred--

(a) by or under the Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Order,

(b) under the orders and regulations specified in the Second Schedule to this Order, and

(c) under the Land Purchase Acts and, in relation to the Irish Land Commission, by the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924),

are hereby delegated to Seamus Kirk, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.

FIRST SCHEUDLE

Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908

Agricultural Produce (Potatoes) Act, 1931 (No. 26 of 1931)

Noxious Weeds Act, 1936 (No. 38 of 1936)

Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938 (No. 14 of 1938)

Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act, 1947 (No. 18 of 1947)

Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act, 1955 (No. 8 of 1955)

Seed Production Act, 1955 (No. 14 of 1955)

Destructive Insects and Pests (Consolidation) Act, 1958 (No. 11 of 1958)

Food Standards Act, 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980 (No. 24 of 1980)

Registration of Potato Growers and potato Packers Act, 1984 (No. 25 of 1984)

SECOND SCHEDULE

European Communities (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 20 of 1973 )

European Communities (Carnation Leaf-Rollers) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1976 )

European Communities (Cut Flowers, Flowering Bulbs and ornamental Foliage) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 129 of 1977 )

Food Standards (Potatoes) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 367 of 1977 )

Food Standards (Potatoes) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 6 of 1978 ) European Communities (Sampling and Analysis of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1978 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 13 of 1978 )

Food Standards (Potatoes) (No. 2) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 282 of 1978 )

European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 137 of 1979 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 183 of 1979 )

European Communities (Certification of Hops) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 267 of 1979 )

European Communities (Sampling and Analysis of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 409 of 1979 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 411 of 1979 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1980 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 258 of 1980 )

European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 343 of 1980 )

European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1981 ) European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 38 of 1981 )

European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 73 of 1981 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 98 of 1981 )

European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1981 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1981 )

European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant Protection Products) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1981 )

European Communities (Potato Ring Rot) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 388 of 1981)

European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 389 of 1981)

European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 409 of 1981)

European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 414 of 1981)

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1982 )

European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 136 of 1983 )

European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 270 of 1983 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1983 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 84 of 1984 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 89 of 1984 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 136 of 1984 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1985 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 88 of 1985 )

European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant protection Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 237 of 1985 )

European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1985 )

European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 350 of 1985 )

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Pesticides) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 370 of 1985 )

European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1986 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 277 of 1986 )

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1986 )

European Communities (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations, 1973 (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 439 of 1986 )

European Communities (Potato Ring Rot) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1987 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal, of the Government, this 26th day of June, 1987.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to Seamus Kirk TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food under the Acts, orders and regulations specified in the Order.