S.I. No. 448/2003 - Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2003.

2. In this Order -

“Act of 1961” means

Road Traffic Act 1961

(No. 24 of 1961);

“Act of 1968” means

Road Traffic Act 1968

(No. 28 of 1968);

“Act of 2002” means

Road Traffic Act 2002

(No. 12 of 2002).

3. The powers and duties of the Minister for Transport conferred on him -

(a) by or under the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002 specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, and

(b) under the Regulations specified in Schedule 2 to this Order,

are delegated to James McDaid, Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

16

th

September, 2003.

Bertie Ahern,

TAOISEACH.

SCHEDULE 1

Provisions of Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2002 delegated

Section 5 (insofar as it relates to a provision of the Act of 1961 delegated under this Order) of the Act of 1961,

Sections 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961,

Section 61 (inserted by section 55 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961,

Section 65 (as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968) of the Act of 1961,

Sections 66, 68, 75, 78, 79, 80 and 121 of the Act of 1961,

Sections 8 to 14 and 18 (as amended by section 19 of the Act of 2002) of the Act of 1968,

Section 14 of the Act of 2002.

SCHEDULE 2

Regulations delegated

European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 1991 (

S.I. No. 356 of 1991

) (as amended by the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 56 of 2002

) and the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) (Amendment) (No. 2 Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 499 of 2002

)),

European Communities (Speed Limitation Devices) Regulations 1993 (

S.I. No. 300 of 1993

),

European Communities (Proof of Compliance) Regulations 2000 (

S.I. No. 223 of 2000

),

European Communities (Passenger Car Entry Into Service) Regulations 2001 (

S.I. No. 373 of 2001

),

European Communities (Mechanically Propelled Vehicle Entry Into Service) Regulations 2001 (

S.I. No. 374 of 2001

),

Part 9 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 2001 (

No. 492 of 2001

) (as amended by the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 393 of 2002

)).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order delegates to James McDaid, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, the powers and duties of the Minister for Transport as conferred on the Minister by or under the enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Order and the Statutory Instruments and provisions of Statutory Instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order.

The Government, on request of the Minister for Transport 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