S.I. No. 794/2005 - Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2005


S.I. No. 794 of 2005 .

Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2005

I, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 15(1) of the Fisheries Act 1980 (No. 1 of 1980), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1977 ( S.I. No. 30 of 1977 ) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2002 )), hereby make the following order with respect to which pursuant to subsection (4) of that section, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Regional Fisheries Board (Postponement of Elections Order 2005.

2.  The year 2006 is fixed as the year in which the elections of members of regional boards (which, but for this Article, would fall to be held in the year 2005) shall be held.

 

GIVEN under my hand,

13 December 2005.

 

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Pat the Cope Gallagher,

Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This order provides for the postponement of elections for members of the Regional Fisheries Boards from 2005 to 2006.