Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1928
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Department of Agriculture. |
2.—(1) From and after the commencement of this Act the Department of Lands and Agriculture shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and the Minister who is head of that Department shall be and shall be styled, an t-Aire Talmhaíochta or (in English) the Minister for Agriculture. | |
(2) The said Department of Agriculture shall comprise the administration and business generally of public services in connection with the aiding, improving and developing of agriculture, including education in agriculture and in subjects relating thereto; the distribution, carriage and marketing of agricultural produce; inquiries, experiments and research in agricultural science and in matters relating thereto; the collection and publication of data and information relating to agriculture and agricultural produce; the promotion of co-operation for agricultural purposes; veterinary services; animal and plant disease and pests; and all powers, duties and functions connected with the said public services or any of them; and shall include in particular the business, powers, duties and functions of the branches and officers of the public services specified in the First Part of the Schedule to this Act. | ||
(3) Every mention or reference contained in any Act of the Oireachtas passed before the commencement of this Act or in any order rule or regulation made or to be made under any such Act or under any British Statute of or to the Minister for Lands and Agriculture and every mention or reference contained in any such Act, rule, or regulation which is required by section 18 of the Principal Act to be construed as a mention of or reference to the Minister for Lands and Agriculture shall (save when and in so far as such mention or reference is made in relation to the Irish Land Commission) be construed and have effect as a mention of or reference to the Minister for Agriculture. | ||
(4) Paragraph (vi) of section 1 of the Principal Act and the Fifth Part of the Schedule to the Principal Act are hereby repealed. |