S.I. No. 107 of 2008

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (No. 2) 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) (No. 2) 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 Mary Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries 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)

Veterinary Practice Act 2005 (No. 22 of 2005)

Lands Act 2005 (No. 24 of 2005)

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

European Communities (Certification of Animals and Animal Products) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 380 of 1999 )

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

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

European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 423 of 2004 )

European Communities (Trade in the Production, Processing, Distribution and Introduction of Products of Animal Origin for Human Consumption) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 820 of 2004 )

European Communities (Introduction of Products of Animal Origin from Third Countries for Human Consumption) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 893 of 2004 )

European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation) (Forestry) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 592 of 2006 )

European Communities (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 612 of 2006 )

European Communities (Animal Transport and Control Post) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 675 of 2006 )

European Communities (Control of Animal Remedies and their Residues) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 143 of 2007 )

European Communities (Approval and Registration Of Dealers Of Bovine Animals and Swine) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 151 of 2007 )

European Communities (Animal Remedies) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 786 of 2007 )

European Communities (Avian Influenza) (Precautionary Measures) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 7 of 2008 )

European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2008 )

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 Mary Wallace, 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.