Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 164/1966

S.I. No. 164 of 1966.

LABOUR (TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION AND MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) ORDER, 1966.

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 Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1966.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the day appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1966 (No. 18 of 1966), to be the appointed day for the purposes of that Act. 2. In this Order—

" functions " includes powers and duties ;

" operative date " means the date on which this Order comes into operation. 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 Labour.

(2) References to the Department of Industry and Commerce contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as references to the Department of Labour. 4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by or under the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Order are hereby transferred to the Minister for Labour.

(2) The functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce by or under the provisions mentioned in the third column of the Second Schedule to this Order at any reference number of any Act mentioned in the second column of that schedule at that reference number are hereby transferred to the Minister for Labour.

(3) The functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce under Article 5 (3) (b) of the Aliens Order, 1946 ( S. R. & O. No. 395 of 1946 ) are hereby transferred to the Minister for Labour.

(4) The functions vested in the Minister for Industry and Commerce, whether by or under any Act or instrument made thereunder or otherwise, in relation to labour and not transferred by the preceding paragraphs of this Article are hereby transferred to the Minister for Labour.

(5) References to the Minister for Industry and Commerce contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder, and in the Order mentioned in paragraph (3) of this Article, and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the operative date, be construed as reference to the Minister for Labour. 5. (1) All property (real or personal), rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the operative date by the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in connection with any functions transferred by this order to the Minister for Labour, shall be and are hereby transferred to the Minister for Labour, and, accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment—

(a) the said property shall on the operative date vest in the Minister for Labour,

(b) the said rights shall, as on and from the operative...