S.I. No. 31/1977:

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE OF MINISTER) ORDER, 1977.

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE OF MINISTER) ORDER, 1977.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Agriculture and Fisheries (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1977.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 9th day of February, 1977.

2. The name of the Department of State, the present name whereof is, in the Irish language, an Roinn Talmhaiochta agus Iascaigh, and, in the English language, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, is hereby altered, in the Irish language, to that of an Roinn Talmhaiochta and, in the English language, to that of the Department of Agriculture.

3. The title of the Minister having charge of a Department of State, whose present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Talmhaiochta agus Iascaigh, and, in the English language, the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is hereby altered, in the Irish language, to that of an tAire Talmhaiochta and. in the English langage, to that of the Minister for Agriculture.

4. In any enactment--

(a) references to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries shall be construed as references to the Department of Agriculture;

(b) references to the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries shall be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 8th day of February, 1977.

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order changes the name of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to that of the Department of Agriculture and the title of the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries to that of the Minister for Agriculture.