S.I. No. 452/2016 - Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Section 34(6)(b)) Regulations 2016.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Section 34(6)(

b

)) Regulations 2016.

Prescribed Ministers

2. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation are prescribed for the purposes of

section 34

(6)(

b

) of the

Freedom of Information Act 2014

(No. 30 of 2014).

Revocation

3. The Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Section 25(6)) Regulations 1998 (

S.I. No. 520 of 1998

) are revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 August 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The FOI Act provides for the use of ministerial certificates in certain limited circumstances and for periodic review of such use by the Taoiseach and prescribed Ministers. These Regulations prescribe the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for this purpose.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th August

, 2016.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

Freedom of Information Act 2014

(No. 30 of 2014), hereby make the following regulations

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