Gas Act, 1976

Conferring of additional functions on Board.

9.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and of the Minister for the Public Service, and after consultation with such other Minister of State (if any) as appears to the Minister to be concerned, by order confer on the Board such function (In addition to the functions conferred on the Board by this Act), being related to the provision of a supply of gas, as the Minister thinks proper and specifies in the order, and any such order may provide for the performance of the function subject to conditions specified in the order and may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as the Minister thinks necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the order.

(2) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and of the Minister for the Public Service, revoke or amend an order under this section (including an order under this subsection), and in case the order to be amended or revoked by an order under this subsection was made by the Minister after consultation with a Minister of State, before making the order under this subsection the Minister shall in addition consult that Minister of State.

(3) When an order under this section is proposed to be made by the Minister, a draft of the order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.