Justice (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 34/1993

S.I. No. 34 of 1993.

JUSTICE (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1993.

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. This Order may be cited as the Justice (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1993. 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 Equality and Law Reform.

(2) References to the Department of Justice 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 Equality and Law Reform. 4. (1) There are hereby transferred to the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the functions vested in the Minister for Justice in relation to civil law reform, civil legal aid and the family mediation service.

(2) References to the Minister for Justice contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder or in the Scheme of Civil Legal Aid and Advice 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 Equality and Law Reform. 5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Justice is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Equality and Law Reform, the name of the Minister for Equality and Law Reform 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 Justice, 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 Justice may, insofar as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Equality and Law Reform be carried on or completed on or after such commencement by the Minister for Equality and Law Reform. 7. Every document...