S.I. No. 37/1980 - National Board For Science and Technology (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1980.

		S.I. No. 37 of 1980.
		NATIONAL BOARD FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1980.
		The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the National Board for Science and Technology (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1980. 2. In this Order "functions" includes powers and duties. 3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of the Taoiseach.
		(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of the Taoiseach. 4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Finance by or under the National Board for Science and Technology Act, 1977 (No. 25 of 1977) and transferred by the Economic Planning and Development (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1980 ( S.I. No. 1 of 1980 ), are hereby transferred to the Taoiseach.
		(2) References to the Minister for Finance in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Taoiseach. 5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Finance is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Taoiseach shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Minister for Finance, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution. 6. Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Finance, may, so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Taoiseach. 7. Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in the exercise of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have effect on and after such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the Taoiseach. 8. References to the Minister for Finance contained in the memorandum and articles of association of any company and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Taoiseach. 9. (1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the commencement of this Order by the Minister for Finance in connection with any functions transferred by this Order to the Taoiseach, shall be and are hereby transferred to the Taoiseach and accordingly, without any further transfer or assignment—
		(i) the said property, real and personal, shall on such commencement, vest in the Taoiseach,
		(ii) the said rights shall, as on and from the commencement of this Order, be enjoyed by the Taoiseach,
		(iii) the said liabilities shall, as on and from the commencement of this Order, be the liabilities of the Taoiseach.
		(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Taoiseach by this Article which, on such commencement, are standing in the name of the Minister for Finance, shall, upon the request of the Taoiseach, be transferred into his name.
		GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 12th day of February, 1980.
		CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,
		Taoiseach.
		EXPLANATORY NOTE.
		This order transfers to the Taoiseach and the Department of the Taoiseach, respectively. Ministerial Functions and Departmental administration in relation to the National Board of Science and Technology.