S.I. No. 779/2004 - Agriculture and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Agriculture and Food, 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 Agriculture and Food (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2004.

2. The powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food conferred on her—

(a)  by the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order,

(b)  by the instruments specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order, and

(c)  by or under—

(i) the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2001, and

(ii) the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Acts 1926 to 1983,

in so far as they relate to an enactment specified in Part 1 or an instrument specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order, as respects the office, or the holder of the office of, inspector or veterinary inspector appointed by a local authority,

are delegated to Brendan Smith, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.

SCHEDULE 1

Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act 1908

Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts 1930 to 1988

Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep Acts 1934 to 1936

Slaughter of Animals Acts 1935 and 1988

Noxious Weeds Act 1936 (No. 38 of 1936)

Pigs and Bacon Acts 1935 to 1988

Live Stock (Artificial Insemination) Act 1947 (No. 32 of 1947)

Poultry Hatcheries Act 1947 (No. 49 of 1947)

Agricultural Produce (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 (No. 33 of 1954)

Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs and Mineral Mixtures Act 1955 (No. 8 of 1955)

Destructive Insects and Pests (Consolidation) Act 1958 (No. 11 of 1958)

Food Standards Act 1974 (No. 11 of 1974)

Irish Whiskey Act 1980 (No. 33 of 1980)

Agricultural Product (Meat) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1978 (No. 13 of 1978)

Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Acts 1980 and 1998

Registration of Potato Growers and Potato Packers Act 1984 (No. 25 of 1984)

Control of Bulls for Breeding Act 1985 (No. 13 of 1985)

Abattoirs Act (No. 8 of 1988)

An Bord Bia Acts 1994 to 2004

SCHEDULE 2

Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act 1947 (Export of Poultry and Rabbits) Order 1950 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1950 )

European Communities (Wine) Regulations 1976 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1976 )

European Communities (Wine) Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 154 of 1978 )

European Communities (Carnation Leaf-Rollers) Regulations 1976 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1976 )

European Communities (Cut Flowers, Flowering Bulbs and Ornamental Foliage) Regulations ( S.I. No. 129 of 1977 )

European Communities (Sampling and Analysis of Fertilisers) Regulations 1978 to 1995

European Communities (Marketing of Fertilisers) Regulations 1978 to 1998

European Communities (Agricultural or Forestry Tractors Type Approval) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 137 of 1979 )

European Communities (Certification of Hops) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 267 of 1979 )

European Communities (Seed Potatoes) Regulations 1980 to 2003

European Communities (Introduction of Organisms

Harmful to Plants or Plant Products) (Prohibition) Regulations 1980 to 2004

European Communities (Seed of Oil Plants and Fibre Plants) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 280 of 2003 )

European Communities (Seed of Fodder Plants) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 198 of 2002 )

European Communities (Prohibition of Certain Active Substances in Plant Protection Products) Regulations 1981 to 1990

European Communities (National Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Varieties) Regulations 1981 and 1985

European Communities (Frozen and Deep Frozen Poultry) Regulations 1981 ( S.I. No. 433 of 1981 )

European Communities (Protein Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1986 to 2000

European Communities (Pig Carcase (Grading)) Regulations 1988 to 2001

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations ( S.I. No. 105 of 1989 )

European Communities (Egg Products) Regulations 1991 to 1992

Poisons (Prohibition of the Use of Certain Substances for Agricultural Purposes) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. No. 361 of 1991 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Eggs) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 254 of 1992 )

European Communities (Quick-frozen Foodstuffs) Regulations 1992 and 1995

European Communities (Live Poultry and Hatching Eggs) Regulations 1992 and 1995

European Communities (Trade in Porcine Semen— Animal Health) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1993 )

European Communities (Potato Ring Rot) Regulations 1993 ( S.I. No. 346 of 1993 )

European Communities (Pure-Bred Sheep and Goat Flock-Book) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1994 )

European Communities (Registration of Pedigree Animals) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 150 of 1994 )

European Communities (Breeding Pig Herd-book and Register) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 151 of 1994 )

European Communities (Marketinng of Vegetable Propagating and Planting Material, other than Seed) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 159 of 1994 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Plant Propagating Material and Fruit Plants intended for Fruit Production) Regulations 1994

European Communities (Marketing of Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants) Regulations 1994 to 1999

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Pesticides) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 to 2001

European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, their Semen, Ova and Embryos) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 112 of 1996 )

European Communities (Trade in Bovine Breeding Animals, their Semen, Ova and Embryos) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 499 of 2004 )

European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 1995 and 1997

European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 93 of 2000 )

European Communities (Meat Products and Other Products of Animal Origin) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 484 of 2002 )

European Communities (Export and Import of Certain Dangerous Chemicals) (Pesticides) (Enforcement) Regulations 1995 to 1998

European Communities (Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 and 1999

European Communities (Certificate of Specific Character for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 149 of 1995 )

European Communities (Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1995 )

European Communities (Wild Game) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 298 of 1995 )

European Communities (Definition, Description and Presentation of Spirit Drinks) Regulations 1995 to 1998

European Communities (Zoonoses) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 2 of 1996 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultrymeat) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 3 of 1996 )

European Communities (Fresh Poultrymeat) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1997 )

European Communities (Trade in Animals and Animal Semen, Ova and Embryos) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1996 )

European Communities (Feedingstuffs Intended for Particular Nutritional Purposes) Regulations 1996 to 2002

European Communities (Introduction and Movement of Certain Harmful Organisms, Plant, Plant Products and Other Objects for Trial or Scientific Purposes and-or Work on Varietal Selections) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1996 )

European Communities (Minced Meat and Meat Preparations) Regulations 1996 ( S.I. No. 243 of 1996 )

European Communities (Bananas) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1997 )

European Communities (Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1997 )

European Communities (Fresh Meat) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 434 of 1997 )

European Communities (Mammalian Animal Waste) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 2 of 1998 )

European Communities (Zootechnical and Genealogical Conditions Applicable to Imports from Third Countries) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 26 of 1998 )

European Communities (Processing of Mammalian Animal Waste) Regulations 1998 and 1999

European Communities (Definition, Description and Presentation of Aromatized Wines, Aromatized Wine-Based Drinks and Aromatized Wine-Product Cocktails) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 254 of 1998 )

European Communities (Approval and Registration of Establishments and Intermediaries operating in the Animal Feed Sector) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 88 of 1999 )

European Communities (Approval and Registration of Establishments and Intermediaries operating in the Animal Feed Sector) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 335 of 1999 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 179 of 1999 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Products of Plant Origin, including Fruit and Vegetables) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 231 of 2004 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 180 of 1999 )

European Communities (Pesticide Residues) (Cereals) Regulations 1999 ( S.I. No. 181 of 1999 )

European Communities ((Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 to 2000

European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Methods of Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations ( S.I. No. 185 of 2004 )

European Communities (Putting into Circulation of Feed Materials) Regulations 1999 to 2001

European Communities (Additives in Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1999 to 2003

European Communities (Marketing of Compound Feedingstuffs) Regulations 1999 to 2003

European Communities (Processing of Mammalian Animals By-Products) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 182 of 2000 )

European Communities (Marketing of Coffee Extracts and Chicory Extracts) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 281 of 2000 )

European Communities (Specified Risk Material) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 332 of 2000 )

European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 435 of 2000 )

European Communities (Labelling of Beef and Beef Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 485 of 2002 )

European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations 2000 to 2001

European Communities (Beet Seed) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2001 )

European Communities (Vegetable Seeds) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 306 of 2001 )

European Communities (Examination of Pigmeat for Trichinae upon Importation from Third Countries) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 464 of 2001 )

European Communities (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Plant Protection Products and Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 624 of 2001 )

European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 625 of 2001 )

European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Biocidal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 572 of 2002 )

European Communities (Gelatine) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 4 of 2002 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Poultrymeat) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 440 of 2002 )

European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 204 of 2002 )

European Communities (Fresh Meat and Poultry) (Checks on General Hygiene) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 81 of 2003 )

European Communities (Authorisation, Placing on the Market, Use and Control of Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2003 )

European Communities (Cocoa and Chocolate Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 236 of 2003 )

European Communities (Animal Nutrition Inspections) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 238 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Juice and Certain Similar Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 240 of 2003 )

European Communities (Animal By-products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 248 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Sugar Products) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 289 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Puree) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 294 of 2003 )

European Communities (Undesirable Substances in Feedingstuffs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 317 of 2003 )

European Communities (Undesirable Substances in Feedingstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 694 of 2003 )

European Communities (Marketing of Honey) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 367 of 2003 )

European Communities (Ethyl Alcohol) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 30 of 2004 )

European Communities (Labelling and Marketing Standards for Poultrymeat) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 42 of 2004 )

European Communities (Labelling and Marketing Standards for Poultrymeat) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 50 of 2004 )

European Communities (Beef Carcase Classification) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 45 of 2004 )

European Communities (Fees for Health Inspections and Control of Fresh Meat) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 74 of 2004 )

European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining of Vegetable Species) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 121 of 2004 )

European Communities (Minimum Conditions for Examining Agriculture Plant Species) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 122 of 2004 )

European Communities (Monitoring of Zoonoses) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 154 of 2004 )

European Communities (Protection of Animals at Time of Slaughter) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 192 of 2004 )

European Communities (Marketing Standards for Olive Oil) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 397 of 2004 )

European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 399 of 2004 )

European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Genetically Modified Feed) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 424 of 2004 )

European Communities (Removal of Bovine Vertebral Column) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 528 of 2004 )

European Communities (Phytosanitary Measures) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 578 of 2004 )

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

This Order delegates to Brendan Smith TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, the powers and duties of the Minister for Agriculture and Food under the Acts, Orders and Regulations specified in the Order.