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S.I. No. 78/1973 - Air-Raid Precautions Services (Compensation For Personal Injuries) (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation for Personal Injuries) (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1973.
(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1973.
2. In this Order—
"functions" includes powers and duties;
"operative date" means the date on which this Order comes into operation.
3. The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Defence.
4. The functions of the Minister for Finance under
section 64
of the
Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939
(No. 21 of 1939) (as amended by
section 5
of the
Air-raid Precautions (Amendment) Act, 1946
(No. 28 of 1946)) are hereby transferred to the Minister for Defence, and references in that section, as so amended, to the Minister for Finance shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the Minister for Defence, acting with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of March, 1973.
LIAM MAC COSGAIR,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This statutory instrument provides for the transfer to the Minister for Defence, acting with the consent of the Minister for Finance, of the functions of the Minister for Finance under
section 64
of the
Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939
(No. 21 of 1939) (as amended by
section 5
of the
Air-raid Precautions (Amendment) Act, 1946
(No. 28 of 1946)) in relation to compensation schemes.
S.I. No. 78 of 1973.
AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS SERVICES (COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES) (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1973.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
section 6
(1) of the
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939
(No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows