S.I. No. 125/1959 - Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959.

1. the Orders, in so far as they are unrevoked, mentioned in the Third Schedule to the

Harbours Act, 1946

,

2. the Meteorological Service (Redistribution of Public Services) Order, 1936,

3. the Emergency Powers (No. 263) Order, 1943.

Article 4 (2).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Acts, certain functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Industry and Commerce to the Minister for Transport and Power.

Ref. No.

Act

Provisions of the Acts mentioned in the second column, functions under which are transferred to the Minister for Transport and Power.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1.

Oyster (Cultivation) (Ireland) Act, 1884.

Section 20.

2.

Arterial Drainage Act, 1945

.

Paragragh (b) of subsection (1) of section 7.

3.

Local Government Act, 1946

.

Sections 48, 57 and 60.

4.

State Property Act, 1954

.

Provisions which apply in relation to reclaimed foreshore.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 27th day of July, 1959.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order transfers to the Minister for Transport and Power and to the Department of Transport and Power, respectively, with effect as from the date of this Order, the Ministerial functions and Departmental administration in relation to Transport, Fuel and Power.

4. the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870,

5. the Gasworks Clauses Act, 1871,

6. the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952,

7. the Pilotage Act, 1913,

8. the Gas Regulation Act, 1920,

9. the Railways Acts, 1924 to 1935,

10. the Shannon Electricity Acts, 1925 to 1933,

11. the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1927 to 1958,

12. the

Gas Regulation Act, 1928

,

13. the

Road Transport Act, 1932

,

14. the

Road Transport Act, 1933

,

15. the

Foreshore Act, 1933

,

16. the

Harbours (Regulation of Rates) Act, 1934

,

17. the

Road Transport Act, 1934

,

18. the

Carriage by Sea (Heavy Articles) Act, 1934

,

19. the Shannon Fisheries Acts, 1935 and 1938,

20. the

Road Transport Act, 1935

,

21. the

Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936

,

22. the Air Navigation and Transport Acts, 1936 to 1959,

23. the

Liffey Reservoir Act, 1936

,

24. the

Transport Act, 1944

,

25. the

Lough Corrib Navigation Act, 1945

,

26. the Harbours Acts, 1946 and 1947,

27. the Acts, in so far as they are unrepealed, mentioned in the Third Schedule to the

Harbours Act, 1946

, and the Acts mentioned in the Fourth Schedule to that Act,

28. the Turf Development Acts, 1946 to 1959,

29. the Customs-free Airport Acts, 1947 and 1958,

30. the Irish Shipping Limited Acts, 1947 and 1959,

31. the

Transport Act, 1950

,

32. the

Erne Drainage and Development Act, 1950

,

33. the

Great Northern Railway Act, 1953

,

34. the

Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955

,

35. the

Mercantile Marine Act, 1955

,

36. the

Transport Act, 1955

,

37. the

Road Transport Act, 1956

,

38. the

Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956

,

39. the

Gas Regulation Act, 1957

,

40. the

Transport Act, 1958

,

41. the

Great Northern Railway Act, 1958

.

PART II.

Orders, functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Industry and Commerce to the Minister for Transport and Power.

S.I. No. 125 of 1959.

TRANSPORT, FUEL AND POWER (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1959.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (1) of

section 6

of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939

(No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows