S.I. No. 58/1947 - Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1947. No. 58.

HEALTH (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1947.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.

Article.

1. Short title.

2. Interpretation.

3. Transfer to the Department of Health of administration and business connected with transferred functions and consequential adaptations.

4. Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain functions of the Minister for Local Government under enactments mentioned in First Schedule and consequential adaptations.

5. Transfer to the Minister for Health of functions of the Minister for Local Government in respect of certain offices and employments under local authorities set out in Second Schedule, and consequential adaptations.

6. Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain functions of the Minister for Local Government under the Local Government Act, 1941, and the Local Government Act, 1946, and consequential adaptations.

7. Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain powers of the Minister for Local Government under section 51 of Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

8. Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain powers of the Minister for Local Government in relation to surcharges and charges.

9. Adaptations of enactments mentioned in Third Schedule.

10. Transfer of property, rights and liabilities in connection with transferred functions.

11. Pending legal proceedings in relation to transferred functions.

12. Completion by transferee Minister of acts, in relation to transferred functions, commenced before the operative date.

13. Continuance of certain licences, etc.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Part I.—Enactments, functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Local Government to the Minister for Health.

Part II.—Acts, certain functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Local Government to the Minister for Health.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Offices and employments under local authorities, the functions of the Minister for Local Government in respect of which under certain enactments are transferred to the Minister for Health.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Adaptations of certain enactments.

HEALTH (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1947.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :—

1 Short title.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 18th day of March, 1947.

2 Interpretation.

2.—(1) In this Order—

functions.

the word " functions " includes powers and duties ;

operative date.

the expression " the operative date " means the date on which this Order comes into operation ;

transferee Minister.

the expression " the transferee Minister " means the Minister for Health ;

transferor Minister.

the expression " the transferor Minister " means the Minister for Local Government ;

transferred functions.

the expression " the transferred functions " means the functions transferred by this Order from the transferor Minister to the transferee Minister.

(2) References in this Order to any enactment shall be construed as including references to any instrument made under that enactment.

(3) References in this Order to any enactment which has been amended by—

(a) a subsequent enactment, or

(b) an order made under section 2 of the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939) and continued in force by section 3 of the Supplies and Services (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1946 (No. 22 of 1946),

shall be construed as references to such first-mentioned enactment as so amended.

3 Transfer to the Department of Health of administration and business connected with transferred functions and consequential adaptations.

3.—(1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of the transferred functions are hereby transferred to the Department of Health.

(2) In—

(a) any enactment mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule hereto, and

(b) the provisions (mentioned in column (3) of Part II of the said First Schedule at any reference number) of any Act mentioned in column (2) of the said Part II at the said reference number,

references to the Department of Local Government shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the Department of Health.

4 Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain functions of the Minister for Local Government under enactments mentioned in First Schedule and consequential adaptations.

4.—(1) (a) The functions of the transferor Minister under the enactments mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule hereto are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(b) In the enactments mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule hereto, references to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

(2) (a) The functions of the transferor Minister under the provisions (mentioned in column (3) of Part II of the First Schedule hereto at any reference number) of any Act mentioned in column (2) of the said Part II at the said reference number are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(b) In the provisions (mentioned in column (3) of Part II of the First Schedule hereto at any reference number) of any Act mentioned in column (2) of the said Part II at the said reference number, references to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

5 Transfer to the Minister for Health of functions of the Minister for Local Government in respect of certain offices and employments under local authorities set out in Second Schedule, and consequential adaptations.

5.—(1) The functions of the transferor Minister under any enactment to which this Article applies, so far as those functions relate to any office or employment, under a local authority (within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941)), set out in the Second Schedule hereto or to the holder of any such office or employment, are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(2) In the application of any enactment to which this Article applies in relation to the functions transferred by sub-article (1) of this Article, the references therein to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

(3) This Article applies to—

(a) the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926), except section 12,

(b) the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) (Amendment) Act, 1940 (No. 15 of 1940),

(c) Part II of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941) and

(d) Part III of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946).

6 Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain functions of the Minister for Local Government under the Local Government Act, 1941 and the Local Government Act, 1946 and consequential adaptations.

6.—(1) The functions of the transferor Minister under any enactment to which this Article applies, so far as those functions relate to, or are exercisable or performable for the purpose of any function transferred to the transferee Minister by any other Article of this Order, are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(2) In the application of any enactment to which this Article applies in relation to the functions transferred by sub-article (1) of this Article, references therein to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

(3) This Article applies to—

(a) sections 83 and 84 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941), and

(b) sections 89 , 90 and 91 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946).

(4) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as affecting the powers of the transferor Minister to hold, for the purposes of section 44 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941), a local inquiry into the performance by a local authority of their duties.

7 Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain powers of the Minister for Local Government under Section 51 of Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

7.—(1) The power of the transferor Minister, under section 51 of the Act of 1898, to extend the time within which payment may be made of any debt, claim or demand which is directly or indirectly payable out of the poor rate and arose in the administration by a local authority of any enactment (functions under which are transferred to the transferee Minister by any other Article of this Order), is hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(2) In the application of section 51 of the Act of 1898 and section 4 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902 in relation to the power transferred by sub-article (1) of this Article, the references to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

(3) In this Article, the expression " the Act of 1898 " means the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

8 Transfer to the Minister for Health of certain powers of the Minister for Local Government in relation to surcharges and charges.

8.—(1) The powers of the transferor Minister under the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 12 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1871,

(b) sub-section (2) of section 63 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, and

(c) sub-section (8) of section 68 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946),

in so far as those powers relate to a surcharge or charge which is made by an auditor of the transferor Minister on the audit of the accounts of a local authority and which arises in connection with the administration of any enactment (functions under which are transferred to the transferee Minister by any other Article of this Order), are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister.

(2) In the application of—

(a) the enactments mentioned in sub-article (1) of this Article, and

(b) sections 70 and 71 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941),

in relation to the powers transferred by sub-article (1) of this Article, the references to the transferor Minister shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the transferee Minister.

9 Adaptations of enactments mentioned in Third Schedule.

9. The enactments mentioned in column (2) of the Third Schedule hereto at any reference number shall, on and after the operative date, have effect subject to the adaptations set out in column (3) of the said Third Schedule at the said reference number.

10 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities in connection with transferred functions.

10.—(1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed, or incurred before the operative date by the transferor Minister, in connection with the transferred functions, shall be and are hereby transferred to the transferee Minister and accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment—

(a) the said property, real and personal, shall, on the operative date, vest in the transferee Minister,

(b) the said rights shall, as on and from the operative date, be enjoyed by the transferee Minister,

(c) the said liabilities shall, as on and from the operative date, be the liabilities of the transferee Minister.

(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the transferee Minister by this Article which on the operative date are standing in the books of any corporation or company in the name of the transferor Minister shall, upon the request of the transferee Minister, be transferred into his name.

11 Pending legal proceedings in relation to transferred functions.

11. Where, immediately before the operative date, any legal proceedings are pending to which the transferor Minister is a party and the proceedings have reference to the transferred functions, the name of the transferee Minister shall be substituted in the proceedings for that of the transferor Minister, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.

12 Completion by transferee Minister of acts, in relation to transferred functions commenced before the operative date.

12. Anything commenced before the operative date by or under the authority of the transferor Minister may, so far as it relates to the transferred functions, be carried or or completed on or after the operative date by the transferee Minister.

13 Continuance of certain licences, etc.

13. Every licence, certificate or other like document granted or made in the exercise of any of the transferred functions shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the operative date, have effect on and after the operative date as if it had been granted or made by the transferee Minister.

Articles 3 and 4.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PART I.

ENACTMENTS, FUNCTIONS UNDER WHICH ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH.

1. The Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.

2. The Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845.

3. The Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1846.

4. The Dublin Hospitals Regulation Act, 1856.

5. The Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1863 to 1936.

6. The Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863.

7. The Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863.

8. The Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Acts, 1870 and 1871.

9. The Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1936.

10. The Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1899.

11. The Epidemic and Other Diseases Prevention Act, 1883.

12. The Cholera, etc. Protection (Ireland) Act, 1884.

13. The Vaccination Acts as defined in section 87 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941).

14. The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.

15. The Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890.

16. The Pauper Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Superannuation Act, 1890, as amended by section 84 (3) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

17. The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892.

18. The Public Health Act, 1896.

19. The Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.

20. The Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906.

21. The Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915.

22. The Children Acts, 1908 to 1941.

23. The Asylum Officers Superannuation Act, 1909.

24. The Rag Flock Act, 1911.

25. The Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) (Ireland) Act, 1917.

26. The Venereal Disease Act, 1917.

27. The Public Health (Medical Treatment of Children) (Ireland) Act, 1919.

28. The Anthrax Prevention Act, 1919.

29. The Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.

30. The Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919.

31. The Medical Practitioners Act, 1927 (No. 25 of 1927).

32. The Dentists Act, 1928 (No. 25 of 1928).

33. The Therapeutic Substances Act, 1932 (No. 25 of 1932).

34. The Public Hospitals Acts, 1933 to 1940.

35. The Registration of Maternity Homes Act, 1934 (No. 14 of 1934).

36. The Milk and Dairies Act, 1935 (No. 22 of 1935).

37. The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 (No. 45 of 1935).

38. The National Maternity (Charter Amendment) Act, 1936 (No. 2 (Private) of 1936).

39. The Marriages Act, 1936 (No. 47 of 1936).

40. The Hospitals Act, 1939 (No. 4 of 1939).

41. The Emergency Powers (No. 46) Order, 1940 (S. R. & O. No. 316 of 1940).

42. The Emergency Powers (No. 95) Order, 1941 (S. R. & O. No. 312 of 1941).

43. The Emergency Powers (No. 145) Order, 1942 (S. R. & O. No. 57 of 1942).

44. The Saint Laurence's Hospital Act, 1943 (No. 3 of 1943).

45. The Midwives Act, 1944 (No. 10 of 1944).

46. The Tuberculosis (Establishment of Sanatoria) Act, 1945 (No. 4 of 1945).

PART II.

ACTS, CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER WHICH ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH.

Ref. No.

Act.

Provisions (functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Local Government to the Minister for Health) of the Act mentioned in column (2) hereof.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

Sections 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155 and 191.

Section 209, in so far as it relates to inquiries relating to transferred functions.

Section 210, in so far as it relates to inquiries, proceedings or appeals relating to transferred functions.

Section 221, in so far as it relates to the confirmation of bye-laws made under—

(a) section 128 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847,

(b) section 105 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878,

(c) the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1911, or

(d) section 4 of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 (No. 45 of 1935).

Section 258.

Section 265, in so far as it relates to the publication of orders by the transferor Minister relating to transferred functions.

2

The Public Health (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1879.

Section 7.

3

The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.

Section 26.

4

The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896.

Sections 11 and 18.

5

The Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908.

All provisions conferring functions on the transferor Minister, except—

(a) section 6, in so far as it relates to the making of regulations as regards borrowing,

(b) section 8, and

(c) section 13, in so far as it relates to the making of orders, rules and regulations as regards the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) of the said section 13.

6

The National Insurance Act, 1911.

So much of sections 63 and 64 as confers or imposes functions on the transferor Minister as successor to the former Local Government Board for Ireland.

Section 77.

7

The Tuberculosis Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1913.

Section 5.

PART II.—continued

Ref. No.

Act.

Provisions (functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Local Government to the Minister for Health) of the Act mentioned in column (2) hereof.

(1)

(2)

(3)

8

The Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925).

Sections 18, 19 and 21.

9

The Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927).

Section 3.

10

The National Health Insurance Act, 1929 (No. 42 of 1929).

Section 24.

11

The Cork Fever Hospital Act, 1935 (No. 44 of 1935).

The whole Act, except sections 38 and 39 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 47.

12

The Dublin Fever Hospital Act, 1936 (No. 21 of 1936).

The whole Act, except sections 32, 33 and 34.

13

The Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939).

Section 5, in so far as it relates to the administration of public assistance (other than home assistance).

Section 20, in so far as it relates to the making of an order determining the persons who shall be authorised persons for the purpose of the immediate giving of medical or general assistance (other than home assistance).

Subsection (1) of section 21.

Section 22.

Subsection (2) of section 25, in so far as the power conferred on the transferor Minister by paragraphs (a) and (b) of the said subsection are exercisable in relation to the granting of general assistance (other than home assistance).

Section 26, in so far as it relates to the making of regulations prescribing the method of determining the cost of public assistance (other than home assistance).

Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41 (in so far as it relates to appointments of medical officers and other officers (not being superintendent assistance officers or assistance officers) ), 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 52.

Sections 62 and 67, in so far as they confer powers on the transferor Minister as respects the acquisition of land by a public assistance authority for the purposes of its powers and duties relating to the administration of public assistance (other than home assistance).

PART II.—continued

Ref. No.

Act.

Provisions (functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Local Government to the Minister for Health) of the Act mentioned in column (2) hereof.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Section 71, in so far as it confers powers on the transferor Minister to consent to the appropriation and use for other purposes of land vested in a public assistance authority for the purpose of any of its powers and duties relating to the administration of public assistance (other than home assistance).

Subsection (1) of section 72, in so far as it relates to the sale, exchange, letting or otherwise disposing of any land to which the said subsection applies which is vested in a public assistance authority for the purposes of its powers and duties relating to the administration of public assistance (other than home assistance).

Section 90, in so far as it relates to the making of—

(a) regulations for the guidance and control of public assistance authorities and their officers in the exercise and performance of their powers and duties (other than those relating to the administration of home assistance) under the said Act,

(b) regulations for securing the efficient execution and administration of the said Act (other than the provisions thereof relating to the administration of home assistance), and

(c) regulations for the purposes of section 52 of the said Act.

14

The Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945).

The whole Act, except Part VI.

Article 5.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RESPECT OF WHICH UNDER CERTAIN ENACTMENTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH.

1. Any office the holder of which is required by virtue of his office to be—

(a) a registered medical practitioner ;

(b) a registered dentist ;

(c) a nurse, or

(d) a midwife.

2. The offices of—

(a) sanitary inspector,

(b) sanitary sub-officer,

(c) public or county analyst,

(d) veterinary inspector (other than a veterinary inspector for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1945),

(e) dairy inspector,

(f) inspector or visitor under the Children Acts, 1908 to 1941, and

(g) supervisor of boarded-out children.

3. Any office or employment under a local authority which is a port sanitary authority, other than the office of clerk to such authority.

4. Any office or employment the duties of which relate solely to the functions vested in a mental hospital authority within the meaning of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945).

5. Any office or employment (other than the office of staff officer, clerk, clerk-typist, typist, or other office the duties of which are wholly of a clerical nature) the duties of which relate solely to the functions of a local authority in relation to any one or more of the following—

(a) a hospital, sanatorium, maternity home, convalescent home, preventorium, clinic, health centre, first-aid station, dispensary or other similar institution,

(b) a bacteriological, chemical or similar laboratory,

(c) a slaughterhouse or abattoir,

(d) a maternity and child welfare scheme or a scheme for the supply of free milk under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, and the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918,

(e) a school medical service scheme under the Public Health (Medical Treatment of Children) (Ireland) Act, 1919,

(f) a tuberculosis scheme under the Tuberculosis Acts, 1908 to 1945, or

(g) a scheme for the treatment of persons suffering from venereal disease made pursuant to regulations under section 148 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878,

Article 9.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

ADAPTATIONS OF CERTAIN ENACTMENTS.

Ref. No.

Enactment

Adaptation

(1)

(2)

(3)

1

Sections 151 and 154 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to the transferee Minister.

2

Section 208 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

The reference to inspectors of the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to inspectors of the transferee Minister.

3

Section 212 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister in relation to orders made by the transferee Minister relating to transferred functions.

4

Section 213 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

The reference to inspectors of the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to inspectors of the transferee Minister for the purpose of any inquiry directed by the transferee Minister.

5

Section 265 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1978.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister in relation to orders made by the transferee Minister under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

6

Section 272 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister.

7

Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (2) of section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to the transferee Minister.

8

Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister.

9

Section 5 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902.

The reference to the sanction of the transferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to sanction by the transferee Minister.

10

Section 42 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1931 (No. 36 of 1931).

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to the transferee Minister.

11

Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936 (No. 55 of 1936).

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister.

THIRD SCHEDULE.—continued.

Ref. No.

Enactment

Adaptation

(1)

(2)

(3)

12

Subsection (2) of section 5 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939).

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister.

13

Sections 66 , 68 , 69 and 70 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 .

The references to the transferor Minister shall be construed as references to the transferee Minister as respects a compulsory acquisition order made by a public assistance authority for the purpose of its powers and duties relating to the administration of public assistance (other than home assistance).

14

sections 77 and 91 of the Public Assistance Act, 1939 .

The references to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including references to the transferee Minister.

15

Article 6 of the Irish Red cross Society Order, 1939 ( S. R. & O. No. 206 of 1939 ).

The reference to the ransferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to the transferee Minister.

16

Subsection (6) of section 83 of the Local Government Act, 1941 (No. 23 of 1941).

The reference to an inspector or officer of the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to an inspector or officer of the transferee Minister.

17

Subsection (2) of section 84 and section 85 of the Local Government Act 1941 .

The references to an inspector of the transferor Minister shall be construed as including references to an inspector of the transferee Minister.

18

Subsection (1) of section 85 and section 86 of the Local Government Act, 1941 .

The references to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including references to the transferee Minister.

19

Section 88 of the Local Government Act, 1946 (No. 24 of 1946)

The reference to an inspector of the transferor Minister shall be construed as incluidng a reference to an inspector of the transferee Minister.

20

Section 92 of the Local Government Act, 1946 .

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as including a reference to the transferee Minister.

21

Section 6 of the Air-raid Precautions (Amendment) Act, 1946 (No. 28 of 1946).

The reference to the transferor Minister shall be construed as a reference to the transferee Minister.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 11th day of March, 1947.

ÉAMON DE VALÉRA

Taoiseach.