S.I. No. 272/1983 - Environment (Delegation of Functions) Order, 1983.

1. This Order may be cited as the Environment (Delegation of Functions) Order, 1983.

2. The following powers and duties of the Minister for the Environment (in this Article subsequently referred to as "the Minister") are hereby delegated to Ruairi Quinn, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, namely,

(

a

) the powers and duties of the Minister under each of the enactments and the instrument specified in the Schedule to this Order and under any instrument under any such enactment,

(

b

) the powers and duties of the Minister under the provisions of the Towns Improvement Clauses act, 1847, and the Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, incorporated with and forming part of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, by virtue of section 57 of the last-mentioned Act insofar as they apply to bye-laws under section 88 thereof,

(

c

) the powers and duties of the Minister under section 221 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, insofar as they apply to bye-laws under

section 92

or

101

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961),

(

d

) the powers and duties of the Minister under

Section 68

of the

Local Government Act, 1925

(No. 5 of 1925), insofar as, by virtue of

section 10

of the

Water Supplies Act, 1942

(No. 1 of 1942), they apply with modification to the confirmation of provisional orders under the last-mentioned Act,

(

e

) the powers of the Minister in relation to directions under

section 158

(3) of the

Road Traffic Act, 1933

(No. 11 of 1933).

(

f

) The powers and duties of the Minister under—

(i)

section 5

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961), insofar as they relate to the making of regulations under section 46 of the last-mentioned Act, and

(ii) section 6 of the last-mentioned Act, and,

(

g

) the powers and duties of the Minister under section 76 and the Third Schedule to the

Housing Act, 1966

(No. 21 of 1966), (including those powers and duties as applied to decisions of a local authority under subsection (1) or (2) of

section 10

(inserted by

Section 86

of the

Housing Act, 1966

) of the

Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960

(No. 40 of 1960)).

SCHEDULE

Section 141 of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act, 1840.

Sections 36, 37, 63, 64, 202 and 204 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

Article 15 (3) of the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.

Section 26

of the

Local Government Act, 1925

(No. 5 of 1925)

Section 8

of the

Acquisition of Land (Allotments) Act, 1926

(No. 8 of 1926)

Section 3

(2) of the

Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935

(No. 17 of 1935)

Section 20

(as amended by Section 102 (3) of the

Housing Act, 1966

(No. 21 of 1966)) of the

Labourers Act, 1936

(No. 24 of 1936)

Section 9

of the

Water Supplies Act, 1942

(No. 1 of 1942)

Section 82(3), 83, 84, 89 and 91 (as amended by

Section 64

of the

Local Government Act, 1955

(No. 9 of 1955)) of the

Local Government Act, 1946

(No. 24 of 1946)

Section 35

of the

Local Government Act, 1955

(No. 9 of 1955)

Sections 5

,

8

,

13

,

14

and

16

of the

Derelict Sites Act, 1961

(No. 3 of 1961)

Sections 45, 46 (as amended by

Section 25

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1968

(No. 25 of 1968)), 84, 89(1), 89(3), 90(1), 90(3), 90(7), 93(3), 94(1), 94(3) and 101 (10) (as amended by

Section 6

of the

Road Traffic Act, 1968

) of the

Road Traffic Act, 1961

(No. 24 of 1961)

Sections 75(2) and 76 (as amended by

Section 43

of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976

(No. 20 of 1976)) of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963

(No. 28 of 1963)

Sections 3

(6) and

83

of the

Housing Act, 1966

(No. 21 of 1966)

Section 4

(6) of the

Housing Act, 1969

(No. 16 of 1969).

Sections 13

(2) and

13

(6) of the

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979

(No. 27 of 1979).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of September, 1983.

DICK SPRING,

Tanaiste.

S.I. No. 272 of 1983.

ENVIRONMENT (DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1983.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for the Environment 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