Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works In Ireland) Order, 1996

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 332/1996
• Year: 1996

S.I. No. 332 of 1996.

HERITAGE (TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND) ORDER, 1996

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 9 (2) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 (No. 16 of 1924), hereby order as follows: 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Heritage (Transfer of Functions of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) Order, 1996.

(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 12th day of March, 1996. 2. In this Order-

"the Commissioners" means the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland;

"functions" includes powers, duties and jurisdictions;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. 3. (1) The functions vested in the Commissioners by or under any enactment mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are hereby transferred to the Minister.

(2) References to the Commissioners contained in any British Act and relating to any functions vested in the Commissioners by or under any enactment mentioned in the Schedule to this Order shall be construed as references to the Minister. 4. The public services and officers concerned with the functions transferred by this Order shall be comprised and included in the public services and officers of the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. 5. The lands, hereditaments, tenements and premises situate in the State and all other property and assets (including choses-in-action) which, at the time of the making of this Order, are vested whether by statute, deed, contract, or...