Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998

PART VI

Amendment of the Radiological Protection Act, 1991

Amendment of Radiological Protection Act, 1991 .

65.—The Radiological Protection Act, 1991 , is hereby amended by—

(a) in section 28(1), the insertion after “Institute” of “and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, after consultation with the Institute,”,

(b) in section 31(1), the substitution for “Environment, Health and the Marine and the Institute” of “Environment and Local Government, Health and Children and the Marine and Natural Resources, the Institute and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland”,

(c) in section 32—

(i) the substitution for “and the Institute” of “, the Institute and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland” in each place it occurs, and

(ii) the insertion after “Health” of “and Children” in each place it occurs,

(d) in section 33(1), the insertion after “Agriculture and Food” of “in co-operation with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland” and after “he” of “or it”,

(e) in section 33(2), the insertion after “Agriculture and Food” of “in co-operation with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland” and after “he” of “or it”,

(f) in section 33(3), the substitution for “The Minister for the Marine” of “The Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources in co-operation with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland” and the insertion after “he” of “or it”,

(g) in section 33(4), the insertion after “Finance” of “in co-operation with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland” and after “he” of “or it”,

(h) in section 41(6), after “inspector” of “or by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, in respect of an offence committed after its establishment, if the Food Safety Authority of Ireland appointed that inspector”, and

(i) in section 41, after subsection (6) to insert the following subsection:

“(7) A summary offence under a regulation made under section 32 (1) of this Act, committed after the establishment of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, may be prosecuted by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.”.