STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. NO. 299 OF 2006

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2006

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Agriculture and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2006.

2.         The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food conferred on her -

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

(b)        under the Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, and

(c)        by or under -

(i)       the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2004, and

(ii)      the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Acts 1926 to 1983,

in so far as they relate to an enactment specified in Part 1 or Regulations specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, as respects the office, or the holder of the office, of inspector or veterinary inspector appointed by a local authority,

are delegated to Mary Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965

Forestry Acts 1946 to 1988

Diseases of Animals Acts 1966 to 2001

Livestock Marts Act 1967 (No. 20 of 1967)

Bovine Diseases (Levies) Acts 1979 to 1996

Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes Act 1984 (No. 13 of 1984)

Animal Remedies Act 1993 (No. 23 of 1993)

Control of Horses Act 1996 (No. 37 of 1996)

National Beef Assurance Scheme Act 2000 (No. 2 of 2000)

PART 2

European Communities (Diseases of Animals Acts 1966 and 1979 Orders) (General Authorisations for Imports) Regulations 1985 ( S.I. No. 365 of 1985 )

European Communities (General Authorisations for Exports of Agricultural Products)

Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 266 of 1992 )

European Communities (Mutual Assistance as regards Correct Application of Legislation on Veterinary and Zootechnical Matters) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1993 )

European Communities (Animal Remedies and Medicated Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 176 of 1994 )

European Communities (Importation of Animals and Animal Products from Third Countries) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 255 of 1994 )

European Communities (Importation of Dogs and Cats) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 261 of 1994 )

European Communities (Trade in Animals and Animal Products) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 289 of 1994 )

European Communities (Control of Infectious Animal Diseases) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 317 of 1994 )

European Communities (Swine Vesicular Disease) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 373 of 1995 )

European Communities (Registration of Holdings and Identification of Animals) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Certain Animal Products) Regulations 1996

( S.I. No. 102 of 1996 )

European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 270 of 1997 )

European Communities (Supply of Information on the Origin, Identification and Destination of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 258 of 1999 )

European Communities (Identification and Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No 276 of 1999 )

European Communities (Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 127 of 2000 )

European Communities (Assembly Centres) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 257 of 2000 )

European Communities (Veterinary Checks on Products Imported from Third Countries) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 292 of 2000 )

European Communities (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2001( S.I. No. 538 of 2001 )

European Communities (Welfare of Laying Hens) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 98 of 2002 )

European Communities (Marketing of Forest Reproductive Material) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 618 of 2002 )

European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 48 of 2003 )

European Communities (Fees on Imports of Products of Animal Origin from Third Countries) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 533 of 2003 )

European Communities (Registration of Importers of Animal Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 269 of 2004 )

European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 423 of 2004) European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Precautionary measures) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 678 of 2005 )

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order delegates to Mary Wallace, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food under the Acts and Instruments specified in the Order.