S.I. No. 427/1997:

ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1997

ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1997

The Government, on the request of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government 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 and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997.

2. All the powers and duties of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government 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 regulation of motor vehicles, drivers or road traffic, and

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

are hereby delegated to Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Building Societies Act, 1989 (No. 17 of 1989)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979)

Housing Act, 1988 (No. 28 of 1988)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997 (No. 21 of 1997)

Parts I to IV and VI to VIII of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966)

Local Authorities (Traffic Wardens) Act, 1975 (No. 14 of 1975)

Local Government (Roads and Drainage) Act, 1968 (No. 6 of 1968)

Road Traffic Acts, 1961 to 1995

Urban Renewal Act, 1986 (No. 19 of 1986).

SECOND SCHEDULE

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 362 of 1988 )

Housing (Sale of Houses) Regulations, 1995 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1995 )

Given under the Official Seal of the Government, this 7th day of October, 1997.

Bertie Ahern,

TAOISEACH.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to delegate the powers and duties referred to therein of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to Robert Molloy, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.