Petroleum and Offshore Exploration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2001

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

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 Petroleum and Offshore Exploration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2001.

2. In this Order -

‘functions’ includes powers and duties;

‘upstream pipeline network’ means any pipeline or network of pipelines which are:

(a) constructed or operated or constructed and operated as part of an oil or gas production project, or

(b) used to convey natural gas from one or more such projects to a processing plant, terminal or final coastal landing terminal.

3. The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are transferred to the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources.

4. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Public Enterprise (being the title of that Minister by virtue of the Transport, Energy and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 299 of 1997 )) by virtue of the Energy (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1993 ), by or under the provisions of the Gas Act, 1976 (No. 30 of 1976), as amended, which are set out in column (1) of the Table to this article are hereby transferred to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources to the extent specified in column (2) of that Table opposite the mention of the section in the said column (1).

(2) References to the Minister for Public Enterprise 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 the Marine and Natural Resources.

Table

Column 1 Column 2 Provisions Extent of Transfer Sections 4,6,8,27,31,32, 40A and Second Schedule In so far as they relate to any upstream pipeline network Section 40 In so far as it is not already transferred by the Petroleum and Offshore Exploration (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2000 ( S.I. No. 110 of 2000 ), and to the extent that it relates to any upstream pipeline network.

5. Where, immediately before or after the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for...