S.I. No. 181/1995:

TRANSPORT, ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS ORDER, 1995.

TRANSPORT, ENERGY AND COMMUNICATIONS (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS ORDER, 1995.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications 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. (1) This Order may be cited as the Transport, Energy and Communications (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 20th day of June, 1995.

2. (1) The powers and duties of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, conferred on him by or under the enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Order and the statutory instruments and provisions of statutory instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to Emmet Stagg T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications.

(2) The powers and duties in relation to meteorological services conferred by he Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), on the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications are hereby delegated to Emmet Stagg T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I

Section 7 of the Road Transport Act, 1935 (No. 23 of 1935).

Sections 114 and 118 to 120 of the Transport Act, 1994 (No. 21 of 1994).

Section 2 of the Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955 (No. 21 of 1955).

Section 27 of the Transport Act, 1958 (No. 19 of 1958).

Section 3 of the Dumping at Sea Act, 1981 (No. 8 of 1981).

PART II

Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, 10 Vic. c. 15,

Gas Regulation Act, 1928 (No. 24 of 1928),

Road Transport Act, 1933 (No. 8 of 1933),

Road Transport Act, 1934 (No. 17 of 1934),

Gas Regulation Act, 1957 (No. 26 of 1957),

Transport (No. 2) Act, 1959 (No. 40 of 1959),

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960 (No. 7 of 1960),

Continental Shelf Act, 1968 (No. 14 of 1968),

Road Transport Act, 1971 (No. 8 of 1971),

Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1971 (No. 3 of 1971),

Gas Act, 1976 (No. 3 of 1976),

Road Transport Act, 1978 (No. 8 of 1978),

Minerals Developments Acts, 1940 to 1979,

Gas Regulation Act, 1982 (No. 16 of 1982),

Fuels (Control of Supplies) Act, 1982 (No. 18 of 1982),

Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act, 1982 (No. 3 of 1982),

Road Transport Act, 1986 (No. 16 of 1986),

International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (No. 13 of 1990),

Radiological Protection Act, 1991 (No. 9 of 1991),

Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993 (No. 29 of 1993).

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

Regulations 23 and 25 of the European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 349 of 1989 ),

Regulation 18 (2) (d) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations. 1990 ( S.I. No. 25 of 1990 ).

PART II

European Communities (Road Transport) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1974 .),

European Communities (Minimum Stocks of Petroleum Oils) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 325 of 1974 ),

European Communities (Prohibition of Discrimination in Transport Rates and Conditions) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 175 of 1975 ),

European Communities (Minimum Stocks of Petroleum Oils) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 59 of 1976 ),

European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 386 of 1977 ),

European Communities (Road Transport) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 388 of 1977 ),

European Communities (Natural Gas in Power Stations) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 73 of 1978 ),

Minerals Development Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 340 of 1979 ),

European Communities (International Carriage of Goods by Road and Rail) Regulations. 1980 ( S.I. No. 253 of 1980 ),

Fuels (Petroleum Oils) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 2 of 1983 ),

European Communities (Road Transport), Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 392 of 1986 ),

European Communities (Road Transport) (Recording Equipment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 393 of 1986 ),

Limerick Gas Order, 1986,

Clonmel Gas Order, 1987, Gas (Amendment) Act, 1987

(Section 2) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 283 of 1987 ),

Road Transport Act, 1986 (Appeals) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 233 of 1987 ),

European Communities (Transport Auxiliaries) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1988 ),

European Communities (Merchandise and Road Transport) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 180 of 1988 ),

Gas Act, 1976 (Section 9) (Establishment of Subsidiaries) Order, 1990 ( S.I. No. 178 of 1991 ),

European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 60 of 1991 ),

European Communities (Transit of Natural Gas) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 343 of 1991 ),

Road Transport (International Carriage of Goods by Road) Order, 1992 ( S.I. No. 190 of 1992 ),

European Communities (Vocational Training for Drivers of Vehicles Carrying Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 204 of 1992 ),

European Communities (Merchandise Road Transport) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1992 ),

Road Transport Acts (Fees) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 141 of 1994 ),

European Communities (Protection of Outside Workers from Ionising Radiation) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 144 of 1994 ),

European Communities (Supervision and control of certain shipments of radioactive waste) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 276 of 1994 ),

European Communities (International Carriage of Goods by Road Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1994 ),

European Communities (International Carriage of Goods by Road) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1994 ),

European Communities (Combined Transport of Goods Between Member States) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 60 of 1994 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 20th day of June, 1995.

JOHN BRUTON,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to Emmet Stagg T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications, the powers and duties of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications in relation to Energy and Transport functions as conferred on the Minister by or under enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Order and the Statutory Instruments and provisions of Statutory Instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order. It also delegates to Emmet Stagg, T.D., the powers and duties in relation to the Meteorological Service as exercised by the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications.