S.I. No. 127/1993:

ENVIRONMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1993.

ENVIRONMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1993.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for the Environment 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 Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993.

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

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

( b ) by the European Communities Act, 1972 , in so far as it relates to the making of regulations for the purposes of giving effect to acts adopted by the institutions of the European Communities in relation to the protection and improvement of the environment, and

( c ) under the statutory instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order,

are hereby delegated to John Browne, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Air Pollution Act, 1987 (No. 6 of 1987)

Litter Act, 1982 (No. 11 of 1982)

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977)

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 21 of 1990)

Parts I, III, IV, V and VI of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 (No. 7 of 1992).

SECOND SCHEDULE

Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Sulphur Content of Gas Oil) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 168 of 1989 )

European Communities (Asbestos Waste) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1990 )

European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 293 of 1988 )

European Communities (Toxic and Dangerous Waste) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1982 )

European Communities (Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 248 of 1988 )

European Communities (Waste) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 390 of 1979 )

European Communities (Waste) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 108 of 1984 )

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Control of Cadmium Discharges) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1985 )

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Control of HCH and Mercury Discharges) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 55 of 1986 )

Local Government (Water Pollution) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 271 of 1992 )

Quality of Bathing Water Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 155 of 1992 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 11th day of May, 1993.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to delegate the powers and duties referred to therein of the Minister for the Environment to John Browne, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.