RATES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND (RELIEF) ACT, 1936

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE FURTHER INCREASE OF THE AGRICULTURAL GRANT IN RESPECT OF THE THREE FINANCIAL YEARS BEGINNING RESPECTIVELY ON THE 1st DAY OF APRIL, 1936, THE 1st DAY OF APRIL, 1937, AND THE 1st DAY OF APRIL, 1938, AND TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE RATES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND (RELIEF) (No. 2) ACT, 1935, WITH CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS, TO THE AGRICULTURAL GRANT IN RESPECT OF EACH OF THOSE FINANCIAL YEARS. [3rd July, 1936.]

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

1 Definitions.

1.—(1) In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) (No. 2) Act, 1935 (No. 30 of 1935).

• (2) Every word or expression to which a particular meaning is given by sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Principal Act for the purposes of that Act shall (save as is otherwise expressly provided by this Act) have in this Act the particular meaning so given to it.

2 Increase of the agricultural grant in the financial year 1936-37.

2.—(1) In the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, the Minister for Finance shall make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, a grant of three hundred and seventy thousand pounds by way of an increase (over and above the supplementary grant under the Act of 1925 and the additional supplementary grant under the Act of 1931) of the agricultural grant referred to in section 48 of the Act of 1898, and such grant by the said Minister shall be deemed for the purposes of all enactments for the time being in force to form part of the said agricultural grant referred to in the said section 48 and, in particular, shall be subject to the provisions of section 40 of the Irish Land Act, 1903.

• (2) Out of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, there shall be paid to the council of each of the several counties in Saorstát Eireann the sum stated in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite the name of the county where it appears in the first column of the said Schedule, and every sum so paid to a council shall be deemed to be the sum certified under section 48 of the Act of 1898 as payable to such council during the said financial year, and accordingly every enactment which applies to the sum so certified as payable to a council (whether so applying before or after the issue of such sum) shall, subject to the provisions of the Principal Act as applied by this Act, apply to the sum payable to such council in pursuance of this sub-section.

• (3) The allocation in accordance with this Act of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, shall constitute and be a complete allocation of the said agricultural grant and shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act.

3 Increase of the agricultural grant in the financial years 1937-38 and 1938-39.

3.—(1) If moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas for the purposes of an increase under this section of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, the Minister for Finance shall make in that financial year, out of the moneys so provided, a grant equal to the amount of such moneys.

• (2) If moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas for the purposes of an increase under this section of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, the Minister for Finance shall make in that financial year, out of the moneys so provided, a grant equal to the amount of such moneys.

• (3) Every (if any) grant made by the Minister for Finance in pursuance of this section shall be so made by the said Minister by way of an increase (over and above the supplementary grant under the Act of 1925 and the additional supplementary grant under the Act of 1931) of the agricultural grant referred to in section 48 of the Act of 1898, and shall be deemed for the purposes of all enactments for the time being in force to form part of the said agricultural grant referred to in the said section 48 and, in particular, shall be subject to the provisions of section 40 of the Irish Land Act, 1903.

• (4) If and whenever moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas for the purposes of a grant by the Minister for Finance under this section, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

• (a) if the amount of the moneys so provided is three hundred and seventy thousand pounds, there shall be paid to the council of each of the several counties in Saorstát Eireann, out of the agricultural grant for the increase of which such moneys are so provided, the sum stated in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite the name of the county where it appears in the first column of the said Schedule;

• (b) if the amount of the moneys so provided is either more than or less than three hundred and seventy thousand pounds, the Executive Council shall by order divide and allocate the agricultural grant for the increase of which such moneys are so provided amongst the several counties in Saorstát Eireann and there shall be paid to the council of each such county out of the said agricultural grant the sum allocated by such order to such county.

• (5) Every sum paid under the next preceding sub-section of this section to a council out of an agricultural grant shall be deemed to be the sum certified under section 48 of the Act of 1898 as payable to such council during the financial year in respect of which such agricultural grant is made and accordingly every enactment which applies to the sum so certified as payable to a council (whether so applying before or after the issue of such sum) shall, subject to the provisions of the Principal Act as applied by this Act, apply to the sum payable to such council in pursuance of the said next preceding sub-section.

• (6) If and whenever the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, or the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, is allocated under this Act, such allocation shall constitute and be a complete allocation of such agricultural grant and shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act.

• (7) Every order made by the Executive Council under this section shall be laid before Dáil Eireann as soon as conveniently may be after it is made.

4 Application of the Principal Act to the agricultural grant for the financial years 1936-37, 1937-38, and 1938-39.

4.—(1) The Principal Act (except sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 4 thereof and the Second Schedule thereto) shall apply and have effect, with the modifications mentioned in this Act, in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, in like manner as it applied and had effect in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year which began on the 1st day of April, 1935.

• (2) If moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas for the increase under this Act of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, the Principal Act (except sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 4 thereof and the Second Schedule thereto) shall apply and have effect, with the modifications mentioned in this Act, in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of that financial year in like manner as it applied and had effect in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year which began on the 1st day of April, 1935.

• (3) If moneys shall be provided by the Oireachtas for the increase under this Act of the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, the Principal Act (except sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 4 thereof and the Second Schedule thereto) shall apply and have effect, with the modifications mentioned in this Act, in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of that financial year in like manner as it applied and had effect in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year which began on the 1st day of April, 1935.

5 Modifications of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant for the financial year 1936-37.

5.—For the purposes of the application (in pursuance of and to the extent provided by this Act) of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, but no further or otherwise, the following modifications shall be made in the Principal Act, that is to say:—

• (a) the expression “the current financial year” shall be construed throughout the Principal Act as meaning the said financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, and

• (b) in the construction of the expression “the agricultural grant”, the grant which the Minister for Finance is required by this present Act to make in the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936, shall be substituted for the grant mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of that expression contained in sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Principal Act, and

• (c) in section 7—

• (i) the expression “the qualifying period” shall be construed as meaning the calendar year 1935, and

• (ii) in the definition of the expression “adult workman” in sub-section (1), the 1st day of January, 1935, shall be substituted for the 1st day of January, 1934, and

• (iii) in sub-section (5), the 16th day of April, 1936, shall be substituted for the 25th day of April, 1935, and

• (d) in section 9, the 1st day of April, 1936, shall be substituted for the 1st day of April, 1935, and

• (e) in paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14—

• (i) the 31st day of October, 1936, shall be substituted for the 31st day of October, 1935, and

• (ii) the 1st day of February, 1937, shall be substituted for the 1st day of February, 1936.

6 Modifications of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant for the financial year 1937-38.

6.—For the purposes of the application (in pursuance of and to the extent provided by this Act) of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, but no further or otherwise, the following modifications shall be made in the Principal Act, that is to say:—

• (a) the expression “the current financial year” shall be construed throughout the Principal Act as meaning the said financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, and

• (b) in the construction of the expression “the agricultural grant”, the grant which the Minister for Finance is required by this present Act to make in the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1937, shall be substituted for the grant mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of that expression contained in sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Principal Act, and

• (c) in section 7—

• (i) the expression “the qualifying period” shall be construed as meaning the calendar year 1936, and

• (ii) in the definition of the expression “adult workman” in sub-section (1), the 1st day of January, 1936, shall be substituted for the 1st day of January, 1934, and

• (iii) in sub-section (5), the 31st day of March, 1937, shall be substituted for the 25th day of April, 1935, and

• (d) in section 9, the 1st day of April, 1937, shall be substituted for the 1st day of April, 1935, and

• (e) in paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14—

• (i) the 31st day of October, 1937, shall be substituted for the 31st day of October, 1935, and

• (ii) the 1st day of February, 1938, shall be substituted for the 1st day of February, 1936.

7 Modifications of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant for the financial year 1938-39.

7.—For the purposes of the application (in pursuance of and to the extent provided by this Act) of the Principal Act in relation to the agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, but no further or otherwise, the following modifications shall be made in the Principal Act, that is to say:—

• (a) the expression “the current financial year” shall be construed throughout the Principal Act as meaning the said financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, and

• (b) in the construction of the expression “the agricultural grant,” the grant which the Minister for Finance is required by this present Act to make in the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1938, shall be substituted for the grant mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of that expression contained in sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Principal Act, and

• (c) in section 7—

• (i) the expression “the qualifying period” shall be construed as meaning the calendar year 1937, and

• (ii) in the definition of the expression “adult workman” in sub-section (1), the 1st day of January, 1937, shall be substituted for the 1st day of January, 1934, and

• (iii) in sub-section (5), the 31st day of March, 1938, shall be substituted for the 25th day of April, 1935, and

• (d) in section 9, the 1st day of April, 1938, shall be substituted for the 1st day of April, 1935, and

• (e) in paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) of section 14—

• (i) the 31st day of October, 1938, shall be substituted for the 31st day of October, 1935, and

• (ii) the 1st day of February, 1939, shall be substituted for the 1st day of February, 1936.

8 Short title and commencement.

8.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1936.

• (2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on and shall have effect as on and from the 1st day of April, 1936.

SCHEDULE.

Allocation of agricultural grant in respect of the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1936.