S.I. No. 183/1990:

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1990.

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1990.

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) Order, 1990.

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,

( c ) by section 221 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, in so far as it relates to the confirmation of bye-laws made under--

(i) section 128 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847,

(ii) the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1911, or

(iii) section 4 of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 (No. 45 of 1935),

and

( d ) by or under the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1985, and the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Acts, 1926 to 1983, in relation to the office or to the holder of the office of veterinary inspector under a local authority,

are hereby delegated to Joe Walsh, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Protection of Animals Acts, 1911 and 1965

Dairy Produce Acts, 1924 to 1947

Creamery Acts, 1928 and 1934

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts, 1930 to 1938

Veterinary Surgeons Acts, 1931 to 1960

Musk Rats Act, 1933 (No. 16 1933)

Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Acts, 1934 to 1986

Slaughter of Animals Acts, 1935 and 1988

Pigs and Bacon Acts, 1935 to 1961

Milk and Dairies Acts, 1935 and 1956

Milk (Regulation of Supply and Price) Acts, 1936 to 1967

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

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

Live Stock (Artificial Insemination) Act, 1947 (No. 32 of 1947)

Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1954 (No. 33 of 1954)

Animal Remedies Act, 1956 (No. 41 of 1956)

Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (No. 12 of 1958)

Poisons Acts, 1961 and 1977

Diseases of Animals Acts, 1966 and 1979

Livestock Marts Act, 1967 (No. 20 of 1967)

Wool Marketing Acts, 1968 and 1984

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

Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1978 (No. 13 of 1978)

Bovine Diseases (Levies) Act, 1979 (No. 26 of 1979)

Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act, 1984 (No. 13 of 1984)

Control of Bulls for Breeding Act, 1985 (No. 13 of 1985)

Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (No. 32 of 1986)

Abattoirs Act, 1988 (No. 8 of 1988)

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Sheep-Scab (Ireland) Order of 1905

Agriculture and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act, 1947 (Export of Poultry and Rabbits) Order, 1950 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1950 )

Diseases of Animals Act, 1984 (Extension to Rodents, Insectivora and Myxomatosis) Order, 1954 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1954 )

Johne's Disease Order, 1955 ( S.I. No. 86 of 1955 )

Sheep Dipping Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 105 of 1965 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Eggs) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1973 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultry Meat) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 317 of 1976 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Eggs) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 325 of 1977 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultry Meat) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 109 of 1978 )

European Communities (Frozen and Deep Frozen Poultry) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 433 of 1981)

European Communities (Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Chestnut Puree) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 250 of 1982 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultry Meat) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 274 of 1982 )

European Communities (Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 295 of 1982 )

European Communities (Natural Mineral Waters) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 11 of 1986 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Eggs) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 216 of 1987 )

European Communities (Fresh Meat) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 284 of 1987 )

European Communities (Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 102 of 1988 )

European Communities (Control of Oestrogenic, Androgenic, Gestagenic and Thyrostatic Substances) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1988 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultry Meat) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 273 of 1988 )

Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 365 of 1988 )

European Communities (Fresh Meat) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 66 of 1989 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 19th day of July, 1990.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to Joe Walsh T.D., 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.