S.I. No. 156/2003 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2003.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment conferred on her -

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order, and

(b) under the instruments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order,

are delegated to Frank Fahey, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990

Boiler Explosion Acts 1882 and 1890

Payment of Wages in Public Houses Prohibition Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 31)

Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2001

Safety in Industry Acts 1955 and 1980

Mines and Quarries Act 1965

(No. 7 of 1965)

Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2001

Employment Agency Act 1971

(No. 27 of 1971)

Dangerous Substances Acts 1972 and 1979

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2001

Protection of Employment Act 1977

(No. 7 of 1977)

Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2001

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2001

Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act 1987

(No. 18 of 1987)

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989

(No. 7 of 1989)

Payment of Wages Act 1991

(No. 25 of 1991)

Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996

(No. 16 of 1996)

Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996

(No. 20 of 1996)

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997

(No. 20 of 1997)

Chemical Weapons Act 1997

(No. 28 of 1997)

Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act 1998

(No. 43 of 1998)

National Minimum Wage Act 2000

(No. 5 of 2000)

Carer’s Leave Act 2001

(No. 19 of 2001)

Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001

(No. 45 of 2001)

Part 2

European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees’ Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 1980 (

S.I. No. 306 of 1980

)

European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees’ Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (

S.I. No. 487 of 2000

)

European Communities (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2000 (

S.I. No. 488 of 2000

)

GIVEN under the Official Seal

of the Government,

15 April 2003.

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 Frank Fahey, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment the powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment under the Acts and Instruments specified in the Order.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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