Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000

Acquisition of land and rights by agreement.

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11.—(1) Where the Minister considers it desirable for the purposes of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, to acquire or take on lease any land or interest in land, the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, purchase or take on lease or otherwise acquire such land by agreement.

(2) The Minister may with the consent of the Minister for Finance—

(a) sell or let any land vested in the Minister in connection with functions under the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, or

(b) exchange any such land for any other land, or

(c) otherwise dispose of any such land,

and such consent may be given—

(i) generally, including to a particular class or classes of transaction, for all or a class or classes of land so vested or for transactions not exceeding a particular monetary amount, or

(ii) particularly to a particular transaction or group of related transactions.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, construct, alter, demolish, purchase or take on lease any buildings or other structures or carry out any development required in connection with the exercise of the Minister's functions under the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, and such consent may be given—

(i) generally, including to a particular class or classes of transaction, for all or a class or classes of land so vested or for transactions not exceeding a particular monetary amount, or

(ii) particularly to a particular transaction or group of related transactions.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the reference to buildings or other structures and to development in that paragraph includes any land reasonably required for use with the building or structure concerned or for the development concerned.

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Functions transferred and references to "Department of Finance" and "Minister for Finance" construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3, 5, and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 6-8.

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of –

(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and

(b) the statutory instruments specified in Schedule 2,

are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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Schedule 1

Enactments

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Part 2

1922 to 2011 Enactments

Number and Year

Short Title

Provision

(1)

(2)

(3)

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No. 38 of 2000

Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000

Sections 10(3), 11 and 19(7)(c)

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