S.I. No. 271/2013 - Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

11 July 2013.

BRENDAN HOWLIN TD,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations prescribe directorships and positions of employment in the Insolvency Service of Ireland, specified in the Regulations as, respectively, “designated directorships” and “designated positions” for the purposes of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995). These Regulations also address sequencing issues in relation to entries for public bodies under the aegis of the Minister for Transport.

Persons holding directorships or occupying positions prescribed in these regulations are required to furnish a statement of disclosable interests (as defined in the Second Schedule to the Act) to such officer or relevant authority (as defined in Sections 17 and 18 of the Act) as determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform. Persons holding directorships prescribed as "designated directorships" are also required to furnish a statement of disclosable interests to the Standards in Public Office Commission.

The Director of the Insolvency Service of Ireland is the relevant authority, as determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Finance. Details of the officer of the body or relevant authority in each of the public bodies to whom statements are furnished, as determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, will be available in an Appendix to the Standards in Public Office Commissions "Guidelines on Compliance with the Provisions of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 — Public Servants".

These regulations amend the Ethics in Public Office, (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies, and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 699 of 2004 ), and were most recently amended by Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012. ( S.I. No. 582 of 2012 ).