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

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 18/1993

S.I. No. 18 of 1993.

LABOUR (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 Labour (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 Industry and Commerce.

(2) References to the Department of Labour 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 commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Industry and Commerce. 4. (1) There are hereby transferred to the Minister for Industry and Commerce the functions vested in the Minister for Labour by or under:—

( a ) any Act mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and

( b ) any regulation mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and

( c ) the provisions mentioned in the Schedule to the Order so mentioned.

(2) References to the Minister for Labour contained in any Act or instrument 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 Industry and Commerce. 5. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Labour is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Industry and Commerce, the name of the Minister for Industry and Commerce shall, insofar as the proceedings relate to any function transferred by this Order, be substituted in the proceedings for that of the Minister for Labour, 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 Labour may, so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Industry and Commerce, be carried on or completed on or after such commencement by the Minister for Industry and Commerce. 7. Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in the exercise of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and insofar as it was operative immediately...