Equality and Law Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 297/1997
• Year: 1997

S.I. No. 297 of 1997.

EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1997

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 6 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 36 of 1939), hereby order as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Equality and Law Reform (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 8th day of July, 1997. 2. In this Order "functions" includes powers and duties. 3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice.

(2) References to the Department of Equality and Law Reform contained in any Act or any instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Justice. 4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Equality and Law Reform

( a ) by or under any of the Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and

( b ) by virtue of the Justice (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1993 ).

are hereby transferred to the Minister for Justice.

(2) References to the Minister for Equality and Law Reform contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Justice. 5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Equality and Law Reform is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Justice, the name of the Minister for Justice shall, in so far as the proceedings relate to any function transferred by this Order, be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform or added in the proceedings, as may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution. 6. Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform may, in so far as it relates to...