S.I. No. 4/1984:

HEALTH (DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1984.

HEALTH (DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1984.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) 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 Health (Delegation of Functions) Order, 1984.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health under each of the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order and under any instrument made under any such enactment are hereby delegated to John F. Donnellan, Minister of State at the Department of Health.

SCHEDULE

Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1936

Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1977

Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876

Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908

Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919

Pharmacopoeia Acts, 1931 and 1977

Therapeutic Substances Act, 1932 (No. 25 of 1932)

Milk and Dairies Acts, 1935 and 1956

Parts IV and V of the Health Act, 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), and section 5 of that Act

Poisons Acts, 1961 and 1977

Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 (No. 12 of 1977)

Dentists Act, 1928 (No. 25 of 1928)

Opticians Act, 1956 (No. 17 of 1956)

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act, 1960 (No. 46 of 1960)

Sections 67 and 72 of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970)

Section 59 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 6th day

of January, 1984.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to delegate the powers and duties referred to therein of the Minister for Health to Mr. John F. Donnellan, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Health.