S.I. No. 600/2002 - Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2002

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Health and Children 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), order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 2002.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children conferred on that Minister of the Government by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Order are delegated to Brian Lenihan, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

SCHEDULE

	Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1998;
	Children Acts 1908 to 1989;
	Child Care Act, 1991 (No. 17 of 1991)
	Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act, 1998
	(No. 49 of 1998);
	Children Act, 2001 (No. 24 of 2001)

GIVEN under the Official

Seal of the Government,

___________2002.

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TAOISEACH

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This order delegates to Brian Lenihan, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Health and Children mentioned in the Order.