S.I. No. 843/2004 - Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No.2) Order, 2004.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children conferred on that Minister of the Government by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to Tim O’Malley, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

SCHEDULE

Part VII of the

Mental Treatment Act 1945

(No. 19 of 1945)

Sections 41

of the

Mental Treatment Act 1961

(No. 7 of 1961)

Section 4

of the

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001

(No. 14 of 2001)

Mental Health Act 2001

(No. 25 of 2001)

Section 65

of the

Health Act 1953

(No. 26 of 1953)

Sections 26

,

59

,

61

,

69

,

71

and

72

of the

Health Act 1970

(No. 1 of 1970)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 14th day of December, 2004.

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 Tim O’Malley, 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