Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009

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Saving and amendment of certain statutory instruments made by Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

23.— (1) Where—

(a) any regulations or order was made or deemed to have been made under the Foreshore Acts 1933 to 2005, before the commencement date, that subsists on that date, and

(b) that order or regulations relate in whole or in part to functions exercisable by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by virtue of this Act,

then, to the extent that that order or regulations relate to functions so exercisable, such regulations or order shall have effect, on and after the commencement date, as if made by that Minister and may be amended or revoked by that Minister.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any act which, before the commencement date, was done by or on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and every such act done by or on behalf of that Minister in the performance of a function transferred by this Act, shall, if and in so far as it was commenced immediately before the commencement date, have effect, on and after the commencement date, as if it had been done by or on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.