S.I. No 409 of 2002

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2002

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture and Food 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 2002.

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

( a )  by or under the Acts specified in the Schedule 1 to this Order,

( b )  under the statutory instruments specified in the Schedule 2 to this Order, and

( c )  in so far as it relates to an Act or statutory instrument specified in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to this Order, by or under the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2000 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 delegated to Liam Aylward, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.

SCHEDULE 1

Protection of Animals Act 1911

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1965 ( No 10 of 1965 )

Diseases of Animals Acts 1966 to 2001

Livestock Marts Act 1967 ( No. 20 of 1967 )

Bovine Diseases (Levies) Acts 1979 to 1996

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

Animal Remedies Act 1993 ( No. 23 of 1993 )

Control of Horses Act 1996 ( No. 37 of 1996 )

National Beef Assurance Scheme Act 2000 ( No. 2 of 2000 )

SCHEDULE 2

European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts 1966 and 1979 Orders) (General Authorisations for Imports) Regulations 1985 ( S.I. No. 365 of 1985 )

European Communities (General Authorisations for Exports of Agricultural Products) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 266 of 1992 )

European Communities (Mutual Assistance as regards Correct Application of

Legislation on Veterinary and Zootechnical Matters) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1993 )

European Communities (Animal Remedies and Medicated Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 176 of 1994 )

European Communities (Importation of Animals and Animal Products from Third Countries) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 255 of 1994 )

European Communities (Importation of Dogs and Cats) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 261 of 1994 )

European Communities (Trade in Animals and Animal Products) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 289 of 1994 )

European Communities (Control of Infectious Animal Diseases) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 317 of 1994 )

European Communities (Fees on Imports of Products of Animal Origin from Third Countries) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 231 of 1995 )

European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 373 of 1995 )

European Communities (Registration of Holdings and Identification of Animals) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Certain Animal Products) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 102 of 1996 )

European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 270 of 1997 )

European Communities (Supply of Information on the Origin, Identification and Destination of Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 258 of 1999 )

European Communities (Identification and Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No 276 of 1999 )

European Communities (Importation of Bovine Animals and Products obtained from Bovine Animals from the United Kingdom) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 464 of 1999 )

European Communities (Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 127 of 2000 )

European Communities (Assembly Centres) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 257 of 2000 )

European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No 7 of 2002 )

European Communities (Trade in Certain Cattle and Pigs) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 37 of 2002 )

European Communities (Welfare of Laying Hens) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 98 of 2002 )

European Communities (Control on imports of Animal Products from China) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2002 )

European Communities (Newcastle Disease) (Control on Imports of Avian Products from Australia) Regulations 2002

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order delegates Liam Aylward, 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 and Instruments specified in the Order.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin.