OIREACHTAS (PAYMENT OF MEMBERS) ACT, 1928

Type Act

Publication 1928-07-27

Last updated 1938-12-21

State Repealed superseded text

Text As published

Source Irish Statute Book

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1 amending act · 1938-12-21, OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) ACT, 1938

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AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO FREE TRAVELLING FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE OIREACHTAS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE OIREACHTAS (PAYMENT OF MEMBERS) ACT, 1923. [27th July, 1928.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

1 Amendment of section 6 of the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1923.

1.—Sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1923 (No. 18 of 1923) is hereby amended by the deletion of the definition of the expression “travelling facilities” now contained therein and the insertion in lieu of the definition so deleted of the following definition, that is to say, the expression “travelling facilities” means—

(a) whichever one or more of the following is appropriate to the case, that is to say:—

(i) the provision of free first class railway travelling, or

(ii) the repayment of fare paid for travelling in any public tram, omnibus, char-a-banc or similar public conveyance, or

(iii) the repayment of expenses of travelling in the traveller's own motor car to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance but, where railway travelling is available over any portion of a journey travelled in such motor car, not exceeding in respect of such portion of such journey the cost of first class railway travelling over such portion, and

(b) the repayment of such other (if any) travelling expenses as the Minister for Finance shall be satisfied were reasonably incurred.

2 Short title and citation.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1928, and the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1923 (No. 18 of 1923) and this Act may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Acts, 1923 and 1928.

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