S.I. No. 97/1987:

AGRICULTURE (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE OF MINISTER), ORDER, 1987.

AGRICULTURE (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE OF MINISTER), ORDER, 1987.

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 (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1987.

(2) This order shall come into operation on the 31st day of March, 1987.

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

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

4. In any enactment--

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

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 31st day of March, 1987.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.