S.I. No. 148/1978 - Agriculture (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1978.


S.I. No. 148 of 1978.

AGRICULTURE (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1978.

The Government, at the request of the Minister for Agriculture and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Agriculture (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1978.

2. All the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture under the Acts specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to Thomas Hussey T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture.

SCHEDULE.

National Stud Acts, 1945 and 1976

Greyhound Industry Act, 1958

Wool Marketing Act, 1968

Horse Industry Act, 1970

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 30th day of May, 1978.

SEÀN Ó LOINSIGH.

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture under the Acts specified in the schedule to the Order.