No. 21/1945:

MINISTER FOR SUPPLIES (TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS) ACT, 1945

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Definitions.

2 Appointed day.

3 Transfer of functions of Minister for Supplies and abolition of office.

4 Transfer of administration and business of the Department of Supplies to the Department of Industry and Commerce.

5 Application of public moneys granted for service of financial year 1945-46 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Supplies.

6 Adaptation of references in statutes and statutory instruments to the Minister for Supplies and the Department of Supplies.

7 Construction of certain enactments.

8 Adaptation of references to the Minister of Supplies in Memoranda and Articles of Association of certain companies.

9 Saving for statutory instruments made or given by, and acts done by, the Minister for Supplies.

10 Continuance of licences, etc., granted by Minister for Supplies.

11 Transfer of property of Minister for Supplies.

12 Land possessed on behalf of the Minister for Supplies under Article 38 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939.

13 Transfer of liabilities of the Minister for Supplies.

14 Preservation of continuing contracts of the Minister for Supplies.

15 Continuance of pending legal proceedings.

16 Repeal of Section 2 and 3 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939.

17 Short title.

AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER FOR SUPPLIES TO THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF MINISTER FOR SUPPLIES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.

[11th July, 1945.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—