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2A.—(1) In this Act, and in every other Act that is to be construed as one with this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ‘Minister’—
(a) except when paragraph (b) of this definition applies, means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and
(b) in relation to the performance of any function involving the day-to-day operation of a property—
(i) which immediately before 16 December 2003, was in the guardianship or ownership, or under the management, of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by or under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994, or
(ii) on or after 16 December 2003, of which that Minister of the Government becomes the guardian or owner,
means the Minister for Finance.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section affects—
(a) the functions vested in the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism by—
(i) the Arts and Culture (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (
S.I. No. 302 of 2002
), or
(ii) the National Monuments (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (
S.I. No. 358 of 2002
), or
(b) the functions of the Minister for Finance under—
(i) sections 3(4) and 15(3) of the Principal Act, or
(ii)
sections 3
(10) and
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(3) of the
National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987
.
(3) The functions vested in the Minister for Finance and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by virtue of subsection (1) of this section may be vested in the same Minister of the Government pursuant to an order under
section 6
(1) of the
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939
.
(4) Subsection (1)(b) of this section does not affect the granting of a consent under section 14 of this Act or of a consent to which section 14C of the Act relates.”.
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