S.I. No. 32/2000 - Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 2000.

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 2000.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children conferred on him by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to Tom Moffatt, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

SCHEDULE

Section 5

and Part V of the

Health Act, 1947

(No. 28 of 1947);

Food Standards Act, 1974

(No. 11 of 1974);

Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1936;

Milk and Dairies Acts, 1935 to 1988;

Sections 6

,

7

(2) and

10

(2)(

a

) of the

Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990

(No. 23 of 1990);

Section 20

of the

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998

(No. 29 of 1998).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 1st day of February, 2000.

BERTIE AHERN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This order delegates to Tom Moffatt, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children mentioned in the Order.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and Children 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