S.I. No. 42/1995:

ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1995.

ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1995.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment 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 Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment conferred on the Minister by or under the Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Order and under any instrument made under any such Act, and the instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to PAT RABBITTE, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Weights and Measures Acts, 1878 to 1961

Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887 to 1978

Partnership Act, 1890 (1890, c.39)

Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (1893, c.71)

Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978

Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977

Moneylenders Acts, 1900 to 1989

Limited Partnerships Act, 1907 (1907, c. 24)

Assurance Companies Act, 1909 (1909, c. 49)

Local Authorities (Mutual Assurance) Act, 1926 (No. 7 of 1926)

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

Insurance Act, 1936 (No. 45 of 1936)

Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (No. 3 of 1938)

Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1938 (No. 31 of 1938)

Hire Purchase Acts, 1946 to 1980

Industrial Assurance Amalgamation (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1947 (No. 6 of 1947)

Prices Acts, 1958 to 1972

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

Industrial Research and Standards Acts, 1961 and 1979

Copyright Acts, 1963 and 1987

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

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990

Insurance Act, 1964 (No. 18 of 1964)

Credit Union Acts, 1966 (No. 19 of 1966)

Restrictive Practices Acts, 1972 and 1987

Consumer Information Act, 1978 (No. 1 of 1978)

Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 30 of 1978)

Occasional Trading Act, 1979 (No. 35 of 1979)

Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980 (No. 11 of 1980)

Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 (No. 16 of 1980)

Trading Stamps Act, 1980 (No. 23 of 1980)

Pyramid Selling Act, 1980 (No. 27 of 1980)

Casual Trading Act, 1980 (No. 43 of 1980)

Hallmarking Act, 1981 (No. 18 of 1981)

Insurance Act, 1981 (No. 34 of 1981)

Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1983 (No. 29 of 1983)

Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1985 (No. 8 of 1985)

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

Insurance Act, 1989 (No. 3 of 1989)

Insurance Act, 1990 (No. 26 of 1990)

Unit Trusts Act, 1990 (No. 37 of 1990)

Liability for Defective Products Act, 1991 (No. 28 of 1991)

Investment Limited Partnership Act, 1994 (No. 24 of 1994)

SECOND SCHEDULE

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

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textile Products) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1973 )

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1973 )

European Communities (Companies) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 163 of 1973 )

European Communities (Ancillary Equipment for Liquid Meters) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 32 of 1975 )

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1975 )

European Communities (Weights and Measures of Length) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1975 )

European Communities (Calibration of Tanks of Vessels) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1976 )

European Communities (Standard Mass per Storage Volume of Grain) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1976 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1976 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 276 of 1976 )

European Communities (Measuring Container Bottles) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 237 of 1977 )

European Communities (Cold Water Meters) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1977 )

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 328 of 1977 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance Accounts) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 401 of 1977 )

European Communities (Insurance Agents and Brokers) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1978 )

European Communities (Taximeters) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 315 of 1978 )

European Communities (Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1978 )

European Communities (Insurance) (Non-Life) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 382 of 1978 )

European Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1979 )

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighting Machines) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1979 )

European Communities (Measuring Systems for Liquid other than Water) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 173 of 1979 )

European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 187 of 1979 )

European Communities (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 243 of 1979 )

European Communities (Automatic Checkweighting and Weight Grading Machines) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1981 )

European Communities (Hot Water Meters) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1981 )

European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 376 of 1981)

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 205 of 1982 )

European Communities (Co-Insurance) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 65 of 1983 )

European Communities (Measuring Systems for Liquids other than Water) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 121 of 1983 )

European Communities (Gas Volume Meters) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1983 )

European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 123 of 1983 )

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighting Machines) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1983 )

European Communities (Life Assurance) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1984 )

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

European Communities (Life Assurance) (Amendment), Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 296 of 1985 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1985 )

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textile Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 388 of 1985 )

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 25 of 1986 )

European Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 299 of 1986 )

European Communities (Clinical Mercury-in-Glass Maximum Reading Thermometers) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1986 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 309 of 1986 )

European Communities (Life Assurance Accounts, Statements and Valuations) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 437 of 1986 )

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

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 214 of 1987 )

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 22 of 1988 )

European Communities (Misleading Advertising) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 134 of 1988 )

European Communities (Life Assurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 143 of 1988 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 144 of 1988 )

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textile Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 174 of 1988 )

European Communities (Tyre Pressure Gauges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 175 of 1988 )

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1988 )

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighting Machines) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 374 of 1988 )

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

European Communities (Cancellation of Contracts Negotiated away from Business Premises) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 224 of 1989 )

European Communities (Life Assurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1990 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 211 of 1990 )

European Communities (Life Assurance) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 212 of 1990 )

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

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1991 )

European Communities (Stock Exchange) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1991 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 142 of 1991 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) (Legal Expenses) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 197 of 1991 )

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 228 of 1991 )

European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1991 )

European Communities (Identification of Foodstuff Lot) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1992 )

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 (Non-Life Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 244 of 1992 )

European Communities (Units of Measurement) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 255 of 1992 )

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighting Instruments) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 424 of 1992 )

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

European Communities (Legal Protection of Computer Programs) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 26 of 1993 )

European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1993 )

European Communities (Branch Disclosures) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 395 of 1993 )

European Communities (Accounts) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 396 of 1993 )

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 95 of 1994 )

European Communities (Stock Exchange) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 234 of 1994 )

European Communities (Single-Member Private Limited Companies) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 275 of 1994 )

European Communities (Low Voltage Electrical Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1994 )

European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Framework Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 359 of 1994 )

European Communities (Life Assurance) Framework Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 360 of 1994 )

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 447 of 1994 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 14th day of February, 1995.

JOHN BRUTON,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to Pat Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment mentioned in the Order.