Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009

SCHEDULE

Section 14 .

PART 1

Amendment of Acts to Change Name of Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas to Houses of the Oireachtas Service

Item

Provision affected

Amendment

1.

Section 2 (2)(a) and (e) (inserted by section 6 of the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 ) of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

2.

Section 20 (1)(d) and (e) (inserted by section 16 of the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005 ) of the Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

3.

Paragraph 1(7) of the First Schedule to the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

4.

Section 2(1), paragraph (j) in the definition of “head of a public body” and section 22(1)(c)(I) and (II) of, and paragraph 1(2) of the First Schedule to, the Freedom of Information Act 1997

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

5.

Schedule to the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

6.

Section 2(1), paragraph (f) in the definition of “ceann comhlachta phoiblí” of, and paragraph 1(1) of the First Schedule to, the Irish text of the Official Languages Act 2003 .

Section 2(1), paragraph (f) in the definition of “head of a public body” of, and paragraph 1(1) of the First Schedule to, the English text of the Official Languages Act 2003 .

Substitute “Seirbhís Thithe an Oireachtais” for “hOifig Thithe an Oireachtais” and “Oifig Thithe an Oireachtais” respectively.

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

7.

Section 24 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2004

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

8.

Section 2(1), paragraph (e) in the definition of “public body”, of the Disability Act 2005

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

9.

Reference number 2, column 1, of Schedule 2 to the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Act 2005

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

PART 2

Amendment of Statutory Instruments to Change Name of Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas to Houses of the Oireachtas Service

Item

Provision affected

Amendment

1.

Schedule to the Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 57 of 1996 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

2.

Column 2 (opposite the mention of the Minister for Finance in column 1) of the Table to the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation and Conferral of Functions) Order 2001 ( S.I. No. 531 of 2001 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

3.

Article 1(a), and in the definition of “office” in article 2, of the Public Service Management Act 1997 (Designation of Head of the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 11 of 2002 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

4.

Regulation 6 of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Facilities) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 96 of 2004 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

5.

Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Facilities) (No. 5) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 888 of 2004 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

6.

Column 2 of the Schedule to the National Treasury Management Agency (Delegation of Claims Management Functions) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2005 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

7.

Schedule to the Disability Act 2005 (Code of Practice) (Declaration) Order 2006 ( S.I. No. 163 of 2006 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

8.

Regulation 2(1), paragraph (e) in the definition of “public body”, of the European Communities (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 666 of 2006 )

Substitute “Houses of the Oireachtas Service” for “Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas”.