Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1988

Transfer to Minister of powers of Government under certain Acts.

44.—(1) The powers conferred on the Government by—

(a) section 17 (which relates to the Warsaw Convention having the force of law in Saorstát Éireann) of the Principal Act, or

(b) section 7 (which relates to the 1955 Protocol to the Warsaw Convention having the force of law in the State) of the Act of 1959, or

(c) section 2 (which relates to the Guadalajara Convention having the force of law in the State) of the Act of 1965,

are hereby transferred to the Minister.

(2) Before exercising any of the powers referred to in subsection (1), the Minister shall consult with the Minister for Foreign Affairs.