S.I. No. 281/1986 - Prices Acts, 1958 To 1972 (Retail Prices of Milk) (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1986.


S.I. No. 281 of 1986.

PRICES ACTS, 1958 TO 1972 (RETAIL PRICES OF MILK) (TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1986.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 of the Prices (Amendment) Act 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Prices Acts, 1958 to 1972 (Retail Prices of Milk) (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1986.

2. In this Order—

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"milk" means whole milk other than whole milk used in the manufacture of condensed milk or dried milk.

3. The functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by or under the Prices Acts, 1958 to 1972, in respect of milk, are hereby transferred to the Minister for Agriculture.

4. (1) References to the Minister for Industry and Commerce in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by Article 3 of this Order shall, on and after the commencement thereof, be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture.

(2) References to the Department of Industry and Commerce contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business deemed to be allocated, by virtue of this Order, to the Department of Agriculture under section 6 (4) of the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972 (No. 20 of 1972), shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Agriculture.

5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Industry and Commerce is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Agriculture, the name of the Minister for Agriculture shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.

6. Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Agriculture, be carried on or completed on or after such commencement by the Minister for Agriculture.

7. Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in the exercise of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have effect on and after such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the Minister for Agriculture.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 31st day of July, 1986.

GARRET FITZGERALD,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order provides for the transfer to the Minister for Agriculture the functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce under the Prices Acts, 1958 to 1972, in respect of milk.