National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004

Transfer of functions, etc. to Minister.

4.—(1) The functions vested in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994 which were not transferred to the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht by the Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works) Order 1996 ( S.I. No. 61 of 1996 ) and were not subsequently transferred, are transferred to the Minister, being the Minister as defined by section 2A (inserted by this Act) of the Principal Act.

(2) (a) The administration and business in connection with the performance or exercise of any functions transferred by this section to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government are transferred to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

(b) The administration and business in connection with the performance or exercise of any functions transferred by this section to the Minister for Finance are transferred to the Department of Finance.

(3) In this section “functions” includes powers and duties, and references to the performance of functions include, as respects powers and duties, references to the exercise of powers and the carrying out of duties.