S.I. No. 679 of 2007

ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (No. 2) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 5th October, 2007.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage 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, Heritage and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2007.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government conferred on him-

(a) by the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, and

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

are delegated to Batt O�Keeffe, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

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

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

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982 (No. 6 of 1982)

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 22 of 1983), other than section 2

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)

Urban Renewal Act, 1998 (No. 27 of 1998), other than sections 14 and 17

Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 (No. 33 of 1998)

Town Renewal Act, 2000 (No. 18 of 2000), other than sections 2 and 9

Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (No. 9 of 2002)

Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004), other than sections 153, 154, 155 and 180

PART 2

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

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

Housing (Floor Area Compliance Certificate Inspection) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 128 of 2004 )

Affordable Homes Partnership (Establishment) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 383 of 2005), other than articles 6 and 11

Limerick Northside Regeneration Agency (Establishment) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 275 of 2007 ), other than articles 6 and 11

Limerick Southside Regeneration Agency (Establishment) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 276 of 2007 ), other than articles 6 and 11

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 September 2007

BERTIE AHERN.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of this Order is to delegate the powers and duties referred to therein of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to Batt O�Keeffe, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.