S.I. No. 735/2003 - Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2003.

2. The Second Schedule to the

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998

(No. 29 of 1998), is amended by the inclusion of “the National Standards Authority of Ireland”.

GIVEN under my hand

This 23

rd

day of December, 2003.

Tim O'Malley, T.D.

Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children

Explanatory Note

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

The effect of this Order is to amend the Second Schedule to the

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998

by including the National Standards Authority of Ireland as an official agency.

For ease of reading, a list of all Official Agencies is included below

the Director of Consumer Affairs,

a health board,

a local authority,

the Marine Institute

the Minister for Agriculture and Food,

the Minister for Health and Children,

the Minister for the Environment and Local Government,

the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources,

the National Standards Authority of Ireland

the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland,

the State Laboratory.

I, Tim O'Malley, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

of the

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998

(No. 29 of 1998), after consultation with the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment hereby order as follows