S.I. No. 20/1982 - Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1982-02-02
Last updated 1985-09-16
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
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S.I. No. 20 of 1982.

POUNDS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935 (No. 17 of 1935), hereby make the following regulations:

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These Regulations may be cited as the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

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The Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1980, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1982.

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The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

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The Pounds Regulations, 1938 ( S. R. & O. No. 149 of 1938 ), shall have effect, in relation to chattels and animals impounded on or after the 15th day of February, 1982, as if the following Table were substituted for the Table (inserted by the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 215 of 1980 )) in the Second Schedule:

Poundkeepers' Fees covering impounding and care of chattels and impounding, care and sustenance of and attendance on, animals.

For Every For each period of 24 hours or part of such period
Brood mare, stallion, hunter, polo pony, horse, mare, pony, mule, jennet and foal under twelve months old ... £ 10.10
Cow, heifer, bull, bullock ... ... ... £ 3.10
Calf under twelve months old ... ... ... £ 2.75
Sheep, lamb, goat, donkey, turkey ... ... £ 1.35
Pig ... ... ... ... ... ... £1.75
Greyhound ... ... ... ... ... £ 2.00
Ordinary domestic fowl ... ... ... ... £ 0.50
Dog other than greyhound ... ... ... £ 0.70
Mechanically propelled vehicle not exceeding one tonne in weight (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) £ 1.55
Mechanically propelled vehicle exceeding one tonne in weight (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) £ 1.80
Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy exceeding 50 kilogrammes (being 100 pounds) estimated weight ... ... ... £ 0.60
Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy not exceeding 50 kilogrammes (being 110 pounds) estimated weight ... ... £ 0.35
Second and subsequent articles in the same levy ... £ 0.20
Levy of hay or straw, per estimated tonne (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) ... £ 1.55
Levy of flax or wool, etc., per estimated tonne (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) ... £ 1.55
Levy of corn, per estimated tonne (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) ... ... £ 1.55
Levy of potatoes, turnips, beet or other root crops per estimated tonne (being 19 hundredweight, 2 quarters, twenty pounds) ... ... ... £ 1.20

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of February, 1982.

JIM MITCHELL,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to increase with effect as on and from the 15th February, 1982 the poundkeepers' fees prescribed in the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1980.

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