S.I. No. 428/1997:

ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1997

ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (NO. 2) 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) (No. 2) 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 Schedule to this Order, and

( 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;

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

SCHEDULE

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

Litter Pollution Act, 1997 (No. 12 of 1997)

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

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

Waste Management Act. 1996 (No. 10 of 1996)

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

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 Dan Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.