Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959

In short

This law establishes a new government department called the Department of Transport and Power and defines the role of its Minister. It also clarifies how this new department fits within existing laws governing government ministers and secretaries.

What it regulates

The establishment of the Department of Transport and Power.
The official titles for the new department and its Minister.
How existing laws, specifically the Ministers and Secretaries Acts and the Documentary Evidence Act, apply to this new department and Minister.
The process for setting an "appointed day" for the Act's provisions to come into effect.

Who it concerns

The Government, which can set the appointed day for the Act.
The member of the Government appointed to be in charge of the Department of Transport and Power.

Key points

The Government can set an "appointed day" by order for the Act's purposes.
On the appointed day, a Department of State named "An Roinn Iompair agus Cumhachta" (or "Department of Transport and Power") will be established.
The head of this department will be known as "An tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta" (or "Minister for Transport and Power").
The new department and Minister are treated as if they were established by the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924, for the purposes of related laws.

Legal text

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(1)On the appointed day a Department of State to be styled and known as An Roinn Iompair agus Cumhachta or (in English) the Department of Transport and Power shall stand established.

(2)The member of the Government who is in charge of the Department of Transport and Power shall be styled and known as An tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta or (in English) the Minister for Transport and Power.

(3)The Ministers and Secretaries Acts, 1924 to 1956, and the Documentary Evidence Act, 1925 , shall apply to the Department of Transport and Power and the member of the Government who is in charge thereof as if that Department had been established by section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 .

(4)For the purposes of subsection

(1)of section 6 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 , the Department of Transport and Power and the office of Minister for Transport and Power shall be deemed to have been established immediately upon the passing of this Act, but any order which is made, in relation to that Department or that Minister, under the said subsection

(1)before the appointed day shall not be expressed to come into operation on a date earlier than the appointed day. Short title, construction and citation. 3.—

(1)This Act may be cited as the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959.

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