Carbon Fund Act 2007

3.

Payments into Carbon Fund.

3.— (1) The Minister for Finance may, for the purpose of section 2 , advance moneys to the Carbon Fund from the Central Fund.

(2) Subject to sections 8 and 9 , the function of the Minister for Finance under subsection (1) is delegated to the Agency.

(3) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, having regard to the obligations of the State under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, pay into the Carbon Fund in the financial year 2006 and each subsequent financial year, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, such amounts as he or she determines.

(4) Any advances from the Central Fund to the Carbon Fund under subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, be reimbursed by payments through the Carbon Fund under subsection (3) .

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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. 6-9.

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. 12 of 2007

Carbon Fund Act 2007

Sections 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9

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