Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024
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Power to designate institution, relevant body, relevant record | ||
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8. (1) The Minister may, where it is necessary and proportionate for the purposes of this Part to do so, by order designate an institution as an institution for the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of “institution” in section 7 , where the Minister reasonably believes that— | ||
(a) the institution was established for a purpose comparable to any of the purposes for which an institution referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of that definition was established, and | ||
(b) a record exists in relation to the institution that there is likely to be a public interest in preserving for the purposes of this Part. | ||
(2) The Minister may, where it is necessary and proportionate for the purposes of this Part to do so, by order designate a person as a relevant body for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant body” in section 7 , where the Minister reasonably believes that— | ||
(a) the person was involved in an activity comparable to an activity of a relevant body referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of that definition, and | ||
(b) a record exists in relation to the body that there is likely to be a public interest in preserving for the purposes of this Part. | ||
(3) The Minister may, where it is necessary and proportionate for the purposes of this Part to do so, by order designate a record as a relevant record for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of “relevant record” in section 7 , where the Minister reasonably believes that there is likely to be a public interest in preserving the record for the purposes of this Part. | ||
(4) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it. |