S.I. No. 183/1988 - Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988 (Establishment Day) Order, 1988.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988

(Establishment Day) Order, 1988.

2. The 8th day of September 1988, is hereby appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of the

Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988

(No. 18 of 1988).

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 5th day of September 1988.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY,

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order appoints 8 September, 1988 as the day on which Teagasc — The Agriculture and Food Development Authority — is established. From that date Teagasc will take over the functions of An Fóras Talúntais and An Chomhairle Oiliúna Talmhaíochta which along with county committees of agriculture, established by the

Agriculture Act, 1931

, will be dissolved.

S.I. No. 183 of 1988.

AGRICULTURE (RESEARCH, TRAINING AND ADVICE) ACT, 1988 (ESTABLISHMENT DAY) ORDER, 1988.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 2

of the

Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988

(No. 18 of 1988), hereby order as follows