S.I. No. 397/1994:

ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1994.

ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (NO. 2) ORDER, 1994.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment 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 Enterprise and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1994.

2. In this Order "the Minister" means the Minister for Enterprise and Employment.

3. The powers and duties of the Minister under the Acts specified in the First Schedule to this Order and under any instrument made under any such Act, and the Regulations specified in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby delegated to MARY O'ROURKE, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment.

4. The powers and duties of the Minister under the Industrial Relations Acts, 1946 to 1990 (insofar as they relate to the enforcement of registered employment agreements within the meaning of Section 25 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (No. 26 of 1946), and Orders made under Section 43 of that Act and Section 48 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 (No. 19 of 1990)) and the Worker Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act, 1991 (No. 5 of 1991) (except insofar as it relates to the Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981 (No. 2 of 1981)) are hereby delegated to the said Mary O'Rourke.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Weights and Measures Acts 1878 to 1961.

Boiler Explosion Acts, 1882 and 1890.

Payment of Wages in Public Houses Prohibition Act, 1883 (1883, c. 31)

Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887 to 1978.

Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (1893, c. 71).

Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, 1920 (1920, c. 65).

Conditions of Employment Acts, 1936 and 1944.

Night Work (Bakeries) Acts, 1936 and 1981.

Shops (Conditions of Employment) Acts, 1938 and 1942.

Hire-Purchase Acts, 1946 to 1980.

Safety in Industry Acts, 1955 and 1980.

Office Premises Act, 1958 (No. 3 of 1958).

Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965).

Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1991.

Employment Agency Act, 1971 (No. 27 of 1971).

Dangerous Substances Acts, 1972 and 1979.

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 1991.

Holidays (Employees) Acts, 1973 and 1991.

Protection of Employment Act, 1977 (No. 7 of 1977).

Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977 (No. 9 of 1977).

Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 1993.

Consumer Information Act, 1978 (No. 1 of 1978 ).

Packaged Goods (Quantity Control) Act, 1980 (No. 11 of 1980).

Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 (No. 16 of 1980).

Trading Stamps Act, 1980 (No. 23 of 1980).

Hallmarking Act, 1981 (No. 18 of 1981).

Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981 (No. 32 of 1981).

Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Acts, 1984 to 1991.

Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act, 1987 (No. 18 of 1987).

Payment of Wages Act, 1991 (No. 25 of 1991).

Liability for Defective Products Act, 1991 (No. 28 of 1991).

Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 (No. 5 of 1994).

SECOND SCHEDULE

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textile Products) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1973 ).

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1973 ).

European Communities (Ancillary Equipment for Liquid Meters) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 32 of 1975 ).

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1975 ).

European Communities (Weights and Measures of Length) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 200 of 1975 ).

European Communities (Calibration of Tanks of Vessels) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1976 ).

European Communities (Standard Mass per Storage Volume of Grain) Regulations, 1976 ( S.I. No. 111 of 1976 ).

European Communities (Measuring Container Bottles) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 237 of 1977 ).

European Communities (Cold Water Meters) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1977 ).

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 328 of 1977 ).

European Communities (Taximeters) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 315 of 1978 ).

European Communities (Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1978 ).

European Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Machines) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Measuring Systems for Liquids other than Water) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 173 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 187 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Gas Volume Meters) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 243 of 1979 ).

European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees' Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1980 ).

European Communities (Automatic Checkweighing and Weight Grading Machines) Regulations, 1981. ( S.I. No. 150 of 1981 ).

European Communities (Hot Water Meters) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 172 of 1981 ).

European Communities (Measurement of Alcoholic Strength) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 376 of 1981.).

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 205 of 1982 ).

European Communities (Measuring Systems for Liquids other than Water) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 121 of 1983 ).

European Communities (Gas Volume Meters) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 122 of 1983 ).

European Communities (Measuring of Alcoholic Strength) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 123 of 1983 ).

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1983 ).

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textiles Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 388 of 1985 ).

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 25 of 1986 ).

European Communities (Material Measures of Length) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 299 of 1986 ).

European Communities (Clinical Mercury-in-Glass Maximum Reading Thermometers) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1986 ).

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1987 ( S.I. No. 214 of 1987 ).

European Communities (Measuring Instruments) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 22 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Misleading Advertising) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 134 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Names and Labelling of Textile Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 174 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Tyre Pressure Gauges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 175 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Machines) (Amendment) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 347 of 1988 ).

European Communities (Cancellation of Contracts Negotiated away from Business Premises) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 244 of 1989 ).

European Communities (Quantitative Analysis of Binary and Ternary Fibre Mixtures) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 275 of 1990 ).

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 228 of 1991 ).

European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 329 of 1991 ).

European Communities (Indication of Prices of Foodstuffs and Non-Food Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1993 ).

European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 95 of 1994 ).

European Communities (Identification of Foodstuffs Lot) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1992 ).

European Communities (Units of Measurement) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 255 of 1992 ).

European Communities (Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 424 of 1992 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 22nd of

November, 1994.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order delegates to Mary O'Rourke, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment, the Statutory powers and duties of the Minister for Enterprise and Employment mentioned in the Order.