Ordnance Survey Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2015.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) This Order may be cited as the Ordnance Survey Ireland (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2015.
(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 January 2016.
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paragraphs: (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of the functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Justice and Equality.
(2) References to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Justice and Equality.
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paragraphs: (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources by or under the Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001 (No. 43 of 2001), as amended by section 25 of the Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2007 (No. 37 of 2007), are transferred to the Minister for Justice and Equality.
(2) References to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Justice and Equality.
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paragraphs: Where immediately before the commencement of this Order, any legal proceedings are pending to which the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is a party and the proceedings have reference to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Justice and Equality, the name of the Minister for Justice and Equality 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 Communications, Energy and Natural Resources or added in the proceedings, as may be appropriate, and the proceedings shall not abate by reason of such substitution.
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paragraphs: Anything commenced before the commencement of this Order by or under the authority of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources may, in so far as it relates to functions transferred by this Order to the Minister for Justice and Equality, be carried on or completed from such commencement by the Minister for Justice and Equality.
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paragraphs: Every document (including any certificate or licence) granted or made in the performance of a function transferred by this Order shall, if and in so far as it was operative immediately before the commencement of this Order, have effect from such commencement as if it had been granted or made by the Minister for Justice and Equality.
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paragraphs: References to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources contained in the memorandum and articles of association of any company and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Justice and Equality.
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paragraphs: (1) All property, rights and liabilities held, enjoyed or incurred before the commencement of this Order by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in connection with the functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Minister for Justice and Equality and, accordingly, without any further conveyance, transfer or assignment, on such commencement—
(a) that property, real and personal, vests in the Minister for Justice and Equality,
(b) those rights shall be enjoyed by the Minister for Justice and Equality, and
(c) those liabilities are liabilities of the Minister for Justice and Equality.
(2) All moneys, stocks, shares and securities transferred to the Minister for Justice and Equality by this Article that, on the commencement of this Order, are standing in the name of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources shall, on the request of the Minister for Justice and Equality, be transferred into the name of the Minister for Justice and Equality.