S.I. No. 367/2015 - Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th September, 2015. | ||
I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 and 6 (2) of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015), and having had regard to the matters specified in section 6(3), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015. | ||
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2015. | ||
2. In these Regulations “Act” means the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015). | ||
3. (1) A public servant in a position of Secretary General, Second Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Director in a public service body specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act. | ||
(2) A public servant in a position specified in column (3) of the table in Schedule 2 in the public service body specified in column (2) of that table opposite the reference number for that public service body in column (1) is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act. | ||
4. A public servant— | ||
(a) in Dublin City Council, in a position of Chief Executive, Assistant Chief Executive, Director of Services, Head of Finance or Head of Human Resources, or | ||
(b) in any other local authority, in a position of Chief Executive, Director of Services or Head of Finance, | ||
is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act. | ||
5. The persons holding positions in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform the principal duties of which are to provide advice to the Minister, to which positions they were appointed on 10 March 2011 or 31 May 2011, are prescribed as designated public officials for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act. | ||
SCHEDULE 1 | ||
Regulation 3(1) | ||
Public Service Bodies | ||
1. The Courts Service | ||
2. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine | ||
3. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | ||
4. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs | ||
5. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | ||
6. The Department of Defence | ||
7. The Department of Education and Skills | ||
8. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government | ||
9. The Department of Finance | ||
10. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | ||
11. The Department of Health | ||
12. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | ||
13. The Department of Justice and Equality | ||
14. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | ||
15. The Department of Social Protection | ||
16. The Department of the Taoiseach | ||
17. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport | ||
18. The Houses of the Oireachtas Service | ||
19. The Office of Public Works | ||
20. The Office of the Revenue Commissioners | ||
21. The Presidents Establishment | ||
22. The State Examinations Commission | ||
SCHEDULE 2 | ||
Regulation 3(2) | ||
TABLE | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
1 September 2015. | ||
BRENDAN HOWLIN, | ||
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. |