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Functions of Council.
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6.—(1) The functions of the Council shall be—
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(a) to encourage the promotion, development and co-ordination of competitive sport and the achievement of excellence in competitive sport,
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(b) to develop strategies for increasing participation in recreational sport and to co-ordinate their implementation by all bodies (including public authorities and publicly funded bodies) involved in promoting recreational sport and providing recreational facilities,
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(c) to facilitate, through the promulgation of guidelines and codes of practice, standards of good conduct and fair play in either or both competitive sport and recreational sport,
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(d) to take such action as it considers appropriate, including testing, to combat doping in sport,
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(e) where the Council considers it appropriate to do so, to initiate and encourage research concerning either or both competitive sport and recreational sport,
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(f) where the Council considers it appropriate to do so, to facilitate research and disseminate information concerning either or both competitive sport and recreational sport, and
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(g) to perform any additional functions assigned to the Council under subsection (2).
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(2) After consulting with the Council, the Minister may, by order—
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(a) assign to the Council any additional functions that the Minister considers appropriate, and
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(b) revoke or amend any order made under this subsection.
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(3) Every order made under subsection (2) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
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