Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Act 2003
Powers of Minister in relation to transport services for islands.
2.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of this, or any other enactment conferring functions on the Minister but subject to subsection (2), the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister, with that consent, may determine—
(a) pay subsidies—
(i) for the operation of ferry services between the islands and the mainland, and
(ii) for the operation of island connecting bus passenger services,
and
(b) finance the building, acquisition, overhaul or repair of vessels suitable for the operation of such ferry services.
(2) A subsidy shall not be paid under subsection (1) for the operation of island connecting bus passenger services without the consent of the Minister for Transport to the payment and to the terms and conditions thereof.
(3) It shall be and be deemed always to have been a function of the Minister to pay subsidies for the operation of an island connecting bus passenger service.
(4) In this section “an island connecting bus passenger service” means a bus service provided in conjunction with a ferry service mentioned in subsection (1) or an air service mentioned in section 3 connecting—
(a) the terminus on the mainland of such a ferry service or air service, and
F1[(b) the following:
(i) centres of population within a radius of 120 kilometres of that terminus specified in regulations made by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Transport;
(ii) centres of second level education specified in regulations made by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Transport, where the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe, after consultation with the Minister for Education and Science, that the educational needs of the students concerned would be seriously prejudiced if such centres were not so specified; or
(iii) both centres referred to in subparagraph (i) and centres referred to in subparagraph (ii),]
and being a service for the carriage solely of goods and passengers carried by the air service or the ferry service.
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Substituted (9.07.2007) by Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (32/2007), s. 5, commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C4
Functions transferred (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 3, sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 6-9.
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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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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No. 39 of 2003 |
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Act 2003 |
Sections 2(1) and 3 |
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Editorial Notes:
E1
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.10.2008) by Island Connecting Bus Passenger Services (Centres of Population) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 574 of 2008).
E2
Power pursuant to section exercised (8.10.2008) by Island Connecting Bus Passenger Services (Centre of Second Level Education) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 573 of 2008).
E3
Power pursuant to section exercised (1.06.2005) by Minister For Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Act 2003 (Centres of Population) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 275 of 2005).