S.I. No. 322/1997 - Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997

1. (1)This Order may be cited as the Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997.

(2)This Order shall come into operation on the 22nd day of July, 1997.

2. The name of the Department of State, the present name whereof is, in the Irish language, an Roinn Comhshaoil and in the English language, the Department of the Environment, is hereby altered, in the Irish language, to that of an Roinn Comhshaoil agus Rialtais Áitiúil and in the English language, to that of the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

3. The title of the Minister having charge of the Department of State, whose present title is, in the Irish language, an tAire Comhshaoil and, in the English language, the Minister for the Environment, is hereby altered, in the Irish language, to that of an tAire Comhshaoil agus Rialtais Áitiúil and, in the English language, to that of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

4. In any enactment -

(

a

) references to the Department of the Environment shall be construed as references to the Department of the Environment and Local Government;

(

b

) references to the Minister for the Environment shall be construed as references to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

Given under the Official Seal of the Government, this 22nd day of July, 1997.

Bertie Ahern T.D.

Taoiseach

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order changes the name of the Department of the Environment to that of the Department of the Environment and Local Government and the title of the Minister for the Environment to that of the Minister for Environment and Local Government.

S.I. No. 322 of 1997.

ENVIRONMENT (ALTERATION OF NAME OF DEPARTMENT AND TITLE OF MINISTER) ORDER, 1997

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