S.I. No. 252/2021 - Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st May, 2021.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Justice and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) 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 Justice (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2021.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Justice conferred on her -

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule,

(b) by or under the provisions of the enactments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule, and

(c) under the enactment specified in Part 3 of the Schedule,

are delegated to Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State at the Department of Justice.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

Prisons (Visiting Committees) Act 1925 (No. 11 of 1925)

Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9 of 1962)

Criminal Legal Aid Act 1962 (No. 12 of 1962)

Transfer of Sentenced Persons Acts 1995 and 1997

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005 (No. 28 of 2005)

Criminal Law (Insanity Act) 2006 (No. 11 of 2006)

Prisons Act 2007 (No. 10 of 2007)

Parole Act 2019 (No. 28 of 2019), other than section 1

PART 2

Section 17 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5) c. 58

Sections 2 and 3 of the Censorship of Films Act 1923 (No. 23 of 1923)

Section 71 of the Courts of Justice Act 1936 (No. 48 of 1936)

Section 9 of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940 (No. 23 of 1940)

Sections 2 and 3 of the Censorship of Publications Act 1946 (No. 1 of 1946)

Sections 2, 3 and 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1960 (No. 27 of 1960)

Section 2 of the Censorship of Films (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 29 of 1992)

Sections 4 and 10 of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (No. 32 of 1995)

Sections 11 and 12 of the Courts Service Act 1998 (No. 8 of 1998)

Sections 7 and 10 of the Private Security Services Act 2004 (No. 12 of 2004)

Section 62D of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20 of 2005)

Sections 10 and 19 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (No. 40 of 2011)

Section 11 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (No. 44 of 2012)

Schedule 1 of the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014)

Sections 10 and 75 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015)

Section 62 of the International Protection Act 2015 (No. 66 of 2015)

Section 27 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (No. 2 of 2017)

Section 16 and 18 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7 of 2018)

Sections 25, 27, 45, 47 and 65 of the Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33 of 2019)

PART 3

Prisons (Visiting Committees) Order 1925

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

18 May, 2021.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order provides for the delegation of functions of the Minister for Justice to Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State at the Department of Justice.