S.I. No. 482/2008 - Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th June, 2008.

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), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Health and Children (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order 2008.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Health and Children conferred on her by or under the enactments specified in the Schedule are delegated to Mary Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children.

SCHEDULE

Sections 20 and 51 of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland 1998 (No. 29 of 1998)

Food Standards Act 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Milk and Dairies Act 1935 to 1988

Part V of the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947) and section 5 of that Act insofar as it relates to the said Part V

Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to 2006

Section 71 of the Health Act 1970 (No. 1 of 1970)

Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales Promotion) Act 1978

Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act 1988

Public Health (Tobacco) Acts 2002

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2004

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This order delegates to Mary Wallace, 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.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

17 June 2008

BRIAN COWEN.

Taoiseach.