S.I. No. 199/2009 - Energy and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th June, 2009.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 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 Energy and Natural Resources (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2009.

2. The powers (other than the power to prosecute an offence) and duties of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources conferred on him—

(a) by or under the enactments specified in Part 1,

(b) by or under the provisions of the enactments specified in Part 2, and

(c) under the Regulations made under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) specified in Part 3,

of the Schedule are delegated to Conor Lenihan, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

Enactments

Geological Survey Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict.) c.63

Shannon Fisheries Acts 1935 and 1938

Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999

Foyle Fisheries Acts 1952 to 1983

Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2007

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 (No. 7 of 1960)

Continental Shelf Acts 1968 to 1995

Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001 (No. 43 of 2001)

Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Act 2007 (No. 17 of 2007)

Part 2

Provisions of Enactments

Sections 11 and 16 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1945 (No. 12 of 1945)

Sections 5 , 6 and 10 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1961 (No. 2 of 1961)

Section 40 of the Gas Act 1976 (No. 30 of 1976)

Sections 17 (5) and 23 (3) of the Wildlife Act 1976 (No. 39 of 1976)

Section 32 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 38 of 2000)

Part 9 of the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 40 of 2006)

Part 3

Regulations 5 and 31 of the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1997 )

Regulations 3, 12(8), 16(11) and 16(12) of the European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 722 of 2003 )

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 May 2009

BRIAN COWEN.

Taoiseach.