S.I. No 157 of 2003

Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2003

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(1) of No. 28 of 1977 ), hereby order as follows:

1.        This Order may be cited as the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2003.

2.        The powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment conferred on her -

(a)       by or under the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and

(b)       under the instruments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order,

are delegated to Michael Ahern, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Partnership Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39)

Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 1978

Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1977

Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c.24)

Assurance Companies Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c.49)

Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Act 1926 ( No. 34 of 1926 )

Perpetual Funds (Registration) Act 1933 ( No. 22 of 1933 )

Control of Imports Acts 1934 to 1964

Oil Burners (Standards) Act 1960 ( No. 24 of 1960 )

Restriction of Imports Act 1962 ( No. 20 of 1962 )

Registration of Business Names Act 1963 ( No. 30 of 1963 )

Companies Acts 1963 to 2001 (other than Part II of the Companies Act 1990 (as amended by the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 ) ( No. 28 of 2001 ) or Part 2 (sections 7-18), section 34, or Part 7 (sections 67-71) of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001 )

Control of Exports Act 1983 ( No. 35 of 1983 )

Designated Investment Funds Act 1985 ( No. 16 of 1985 )

Unit Trusts Act 1990 ( No. 37 of 1990 )

Patents Act 1992 ( No. 1 of 1992 )

Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994 ( No. 24 of 1994 )

Stock Exchange Act 1995 ( No. 9 of 1995 )

Trade Marks Act 1996 ( No. 6 of 1996 )

Metrology Act 1996 ( No. 27 of 1996 )

National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996 ( No. 28 of 1996 )

Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 ( No. 5 of 1997 )

Credit Union Act 1997 ( No. 15 of 1997 )

Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ( No. 28 of 2000 )

Industrial Designs Act 2001 ( No. 39 of 2001 )

Part 2

Decimal Currency (Friendly Society and Industrial Assurance Contracts) Regulations 1971 ( S.I. No. 64 of 1971 )

European Communities (Stock Exchange) Regulations 1984 ( S.I. No. 282 of 1984 )

European Communities (Mergers and Divisions of Companies) Regulations 1987 ( S.I. No. 137 of 1987 )

European Communities (European Economic Interest Groupings) Regulations 1989 ( S.I. No. 191 of 1989 )

European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary and Ternary Fibre Mixtures) Regulations 1990 ( S.I. No. 275 of 1990 )

European Communities (Companies: Group Accounts) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 201 of 1992 )

European Communities (Transferable Securities and Stock Exchange) Regulations 1992 ( S.I No. 202 of 1992 )

European Communities (Low Voltage Electrical Equipment) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1992 )

European Communities (Prohibition of Satisfaction of Certain Contractual Claims arising from Trade Sanctions against Libya) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 385 of 1993 )

European Communities (Further Discontinuation of Certain Trade with Serb-Controlled Areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 163 of 1995 )

European Communities (Trade with Iraq) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 370 of 1997 )

European Communities (Interruption of Certain Economic Relations with Angola) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 503 of 1998 )

European Communities (Prohibition on the Sale, Supply, and Export to Burma/Myanmar of Equipment which might be used for Internal Repression or Terrorism) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 299 of 2000 )

European Communities (Control of Exports of Dual-Use Items) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 317 of 2000 )

Customs-Free Airport (Extension of Laws) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 430 of 2000 )

European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services to Afghanistan and Strengthening of the Flight Ban) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 417 of 2001 )

European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services to Afghanistan and Strengthening of the Flight Ban) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 467 of 2001 )

European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services to Afghanistan and Strengthening of the Flight Ban) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 547 of 2001 )

European Communities (Prohibition of the Export of Certain Goods and Services to Zimbabwe) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 129 of 2002 )

European Communities (Prohibition on the Importation into the Community of Rough Diamonds from Sierra Leone) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 139 of 2002 )

European Communities (Restrictive Measures) (Liberia) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 438 of 2002 )

European Communities (Control of Exports of Dual-Use Items) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 512 of 2002 )

European Communities (Trade with Iraq) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 523 of 2002

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order delegates Michael Ahern, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment the powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Acts and Instruments specified in the Order.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin.