S.I. No. 188 of 2009

ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 26th May, 2009.

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) Order 2009.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government conferred on him-

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

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

are delegated to Michael Finneran, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Housing Act 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), other than Part V and the Third Schedule

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

Section 75 of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 (No. 10 of 1980)

Section 32 of the Fire Services Act 1981 (No. 30 of 1981)

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

Section 42A of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No. 28 of 2000)

Sections 77 to 80 and 129 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37 of 2001)

Sections 75, 76 and 78 to 91 of the Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30 of 2007)

Sections 16, 17, 30, 34, 92 and 95 (in so far as they relate to the provision of water services other than by or on behalf of a water services authority) of the Water Services Act 2007 (No. 30 of 2007)

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,

19 May 2009

BRIAN COWEN.

Taoiseach.