S.I. No. 106 of 2008

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd April, 2008.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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, Fisheries and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2008.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries 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 2007, 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 Trevor Sargent, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act 1908

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts 1930 to 1988

Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Acts 1934 to 1936

Slaughter of Animals Acts 1935 to 2000

Noxious Weeds Act 1936 (No. 38 of 1936)

Pigs and Bacon Acts 1935 to 1988

Live Stock (Artificial Insemination) Act 1947 (No. 32 of 1947)

Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act 1947 (No. 18 of 1947)

Poultry Hatcheries Act 1947 (No. 49 of 1947)

Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (No. 33 of 1954)

Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955 (No. 8 of 1955)

Destructive Insects and Pests Acts 1958 and 1991

Poisons Acts 1961 and 1977

Food Standards Act 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1978 (No. 13 of 1978)

Irish Whiskey Act 1980 (No. 33 of 1980)

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Acts 1980 and 1998

Registration of Potato Growers and Potato Packers Act 1984 (No. 25 of 1984)

Control of Bulls for Breeding Act 1985 (No. 13 of 1985)

Abattoirs Act (No. 8 of 1988)

An Bord Bia Acts 1994 to 2004

Part 2

European Communities (Wine) Regulations 1976 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1976 )

European Communities (Carnation Leaf-Rollers) Regulations 1976 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1976 )

European Communities (Cut Flowers, Flowering Bulbs and Ornamental Foliage) Regulations 1977 ( S.I. No. 129 of 1977 )

European Communities (Wine) Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 154 of 1978 )

European Communities (Certification of Hops) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 267 of 1979 )

European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 1980 to 2005

European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant Protection Products) Regulations 1981 to 1990

European Communities (Pig Carcase) (Grading)) Regulations 1988 to 2001

European Communities (Quick-frozen Foodstuffs) Regulations 1992 and 1995

European Communities (Live Poultry and Hatching Eggs) Regulations 1992 to 2001

European Communities (Trade in Porcine Semen- Animal Health) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1993 )

European Communities (Potato Ring Rot) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 346 of 1993 )

European Communities (Pure-Bred Sheep and Goat Flock-Book) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1994 )

European Communities (Registration of Pedigree Animals) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1994 )

European Communities (Breeding Pig Herd-book and Register) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 151 of 1994 )

European Communities (Marketing of Vegetable Propagating and Planting Material, other than Seed) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 159 of 1994 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Plant Propagating Material and Fruit Plants intended for Fruit Production) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1994 )

European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) Regulations 1994 to 1999

European Communities (Certificates of Specific Character for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 149 of 1995 )

European Communities (Definition, Description and Presentation of Spirit Drinks) Regulations 1995 to 1998

European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations 1995 to 1998

European Communities (Zoonoses) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 2 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, their Semen, Ova and Embryos) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1996 )

European Communities (Introduction and Movement of Certain Harmful Organisms, Plants, Plant Products and Other Objects for Trial or Scientific Purposes and/or for Work on Varietal Selections) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1996 )

European Communities (Feedingstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Purposes) Regulations 1996 to 2002

European Communities (Bananas) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1997 )

European Communities (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1997 )

European Communities (Zootechnical and Genealogical Conditions Applicable to Imports from Third Countries) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 26 of 1998 )

European Communities (Definition, Description and Presentation of Aromatized Wines, Aromatized Wine-Based Drinks and Aromatized Wine-Product Cocktails) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 254 of 1998 )

European Communities (Putting into Circulation of Feed Materials) Regulations 1999 to 2001

European Communities (Marketing of Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 281 of 2000 )

European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2000 )

European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2001 )

European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2001 )

European Communities (Classification, Packaging, and Labelling of Plant Protection Products and Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 624 of 2001 )

European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 625 of 2001 )

European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 198 of 2002 )

European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations 2001 to 2002

European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 525 of 2002 )

European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2003 )

European Communities (Cocoa and Chocolate Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 236 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Juices and Certain Similar Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 240 of 2003 )

European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 280 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Sugar Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 289 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Puree) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2003 )

European Communities (Undesirable Substances in Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 317 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Honey) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 367 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Compound Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1999 to 2003

European Communities (Ethyl Alcohol) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 30 of 2004 )

European Communities (Labelling and Marketing Standards for Poultrymeat) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 42 of 2004 )

European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 45 of 2004 )

European Communities (Monitoring of Zoonoses) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 154 of 2004 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Olive Oil) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 397 of 2004 )

European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 399 of 2004 )

European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Genetically Modified Feed) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 424 of 2004 )

European Communities (Removal of Bovine Vertebral Column) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2004 )

European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 578 of 2004 )

European Communities (Control of Organisms Harmful to Plants and Plant Products) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 894 of 2004 )

European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2004 to 2005

European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 69 of 2005)

European Communities (Feed Additives) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 242 of 2005)

European Communities (Fertilisers) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 384 of 2005)

European Communities (Food and Feed Hygiene) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 910 of 2005)

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 654 of 2006 )

European Communities (Control of Salmonella in Breeding Flocks of Domestic Fowl) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No 706 of 2006 )

European Communities (Potato Brown Rot) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 198 of 2007 )

European Communites (Phytosanitary Measures ) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 202 of 2007 )

European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) (Brown Rot in Egypt) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 261 of 2007 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Eggs) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 810 of 2007 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

2 April 2008

BERTIE AHERN.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

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