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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd August, 2018.
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I, DENIS NAUGHTEN, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 3
of the
European Communities Act 1972
(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 20031
, hereby make the following regulations:
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
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2. Article 3 of the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 (
S.I. No. 133 of 2007
) is amended by the substitution of the following sub-article for sub-article (2):
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“(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-article (1), in these Regulations “public authority” does not include—
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(a) the President,
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(b) the Office of the Secretary General to the President,
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(c) the Council of State,
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(d) any Commission for the time being lawfully exercising the powers and performing the duties of the President, or
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(e) any body when acting in a judicial or legislative capacity.”.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,
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27 July 2018.
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DENIS NAUGHTEN,
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Minister for Communications, Climate Action andEnvironment.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
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The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to clarify the status of certain offices.
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1 OJ No. L.41, 14.02.2003, p. 26. |