S.I. No. 12/1926 - The Registrar of Friendly Societies (Re-Distribution of Public Services) Order, 1926.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1926. No. 12.

THE REGISTRAR OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES (RE-DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC SERVICES) ORDER, 1926.

WHEREAS by virtue of Section 1 sub-paragraph (ii) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), the Registrar of Friendly Societies and the business of his office are now included in the public services assigned to the Department of Finance,

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the said Act that it shall be lawful for the Executive Council from time to time by order to re-distribute all or any of the public services and officers and the administration, jurisdiction, powers, duties and functions thereof amongst the several Ministers and Departments of State or any of them in any manner which may seem to the Executive Council to be expedient or proper in the public interests,

AND WHEREAS it seems to the Executive Council to be expedient in the public interests that the Registrar of Friendly Societies and the business of his office should be re-distributed by transferring that public service in the manner hereinafter appearing,

NOW, the Executive Council of Saorstát Eireann in exercise of the power conferred on them by sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Registrar of Friendly Societies (Re-distribution of Public Services) Order, 1926, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1926.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923) applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The Registrar of Friendly Societies and the business of his office which are now included in the public services assigned to the Department of Finance are hereby transferred to the Department of Industry and Commerce and declared to be included in the public services assigned to that Department.

DUBLIN,

This 16th day of February, 1926.