S.I. No. 270/1989 - Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1989.

S.I. No. 270 of 1989.

ENVIRONMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1989.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for the Environment and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1989.

2. All the powers and duties of the Minister for the Environment conferred—

( a ) by or under the Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Order,

( b ) by the European Communities Act, 1972 , in so far as it relates to the making of Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to acts adopted by the institutions of the European Communities in relation to the protection and improvement of the Environment, and

( c ) under the statutory instruments specified in the Second Schedule to this Order

are hereby delegated to Mary Harney, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977).

Litter Act, 1982 (No. 11 of 1982).

Air Pollution Act, 1987 (No. 6 of 1987).

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Transfer of Appeals) Order, 1978 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1978 ).

European Communities (Waste) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 390 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Toxic and Dangerous Waste) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 33 of 1982 ).

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Transfer of Appeals) Order, 1978 (Amendment) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1983 ).

European Communities (Waste) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 108 of 1984 ).

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Control of Cadmium Discharges) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1985 ).

Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (Control of HCH and Mercury Discharges) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 55 of 1986 ).

European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 83 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 248 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Quality of Salmonoid Waters) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 293 of 1988 ).

Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Sulphur Content of Gas Oil) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 168 of 1989 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 17th day of October 1989.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.