S.I. No. 92/1957 -- Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1956 (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.
S.I. No. 92/1957: COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (OFFICERS' TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES) REGULATIONS, 1956 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1957. |
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COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (OFFICERS' TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES) REGULATIONS, 1956 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1957. |
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I, PROINSIAS MAC AOGÁIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 28 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931) hereby make the following regulations : |
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1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1956 (Amendment) Regulations, 1957. |
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(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1956 and 1957. |
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2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations. |
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3. In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Committees of Agriculture(Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 70 of 1956 ). |
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4. Part III of the Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraphs 10 and 11 and the substitution therefor of the following paragraphs : |
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" 10.--(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Schedule, the following shall be the rates of maintenance expenses in the form and by way of a night allowance which shall be payable by a committee to its officers, that is to say : |
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(a) where the salary of an officer exceeds £613 per annum the rate shall be thirty shillings and six pence per night covering a period of twenty-four hours' absence from the officer's headquarters ; after a continuous period of absence of seven nights in any one place the rate of thirty shillings and six pence shall be reduced to the rate of twenty-six shillings per night for the remainder of the officer's stay, and |
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(b) where the salary of an officer is not less than £384 but does not exceed £613 per annum the rate shall be twenty-five shillings and sixpence per night covering a period of twenty-four hours' absence from the officer's headquarters ; after a continuous period of absence of seven nights in any one place the rate of twenty-five shillings and six pence shall be reduced to the rate of twenty-one shillings per night for the remainder of the officer's stay, and |
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(c) where the salary of an officer is less than £384 per annum the rate shall be twenty-two shillings per night covering a period of twenty-four hours' absence from the officer's headquarters ; after a continuous period of absence of seven nights in any one place the rate of twenty-two shillings shall be reduced to the rate of eighteen shillings per night for the remainder of the officer's stay. |
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(2) In this paragraph the word " salary " shall be construed as excluding any allowance for travelling and maintenance expenses. |
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11. The following shall be the rates of maintenance expenses in the form and by way of a day allowance payable by a committee to such of its officers as are entitled to a day allowance, that is to say : |
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(a) where an officer of a committee is absent from headquarters for a period of not less than ten hours (not extending overnight) or a period of not less than ten hours immediately following the period of twenty-four hours covered by a night allowance, the rate shall be one-third of the rate payable to the officer in the case of a night allowance applicable to the first seven nights of a continuous period of absence by the officer in any one place ; |
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(b) where an officer of a committee is absent from headquarters for a period of not less than seven but less than ten hours (not extending overnight) or a period of not less than seven but less than ten hours immediately following the period of twenty-four hours covered by a night allowance, the rate shall be-- |
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(i) four shillings and six pence, in case the rate of night allowance payable to the officer in respect of the first seven nights of a continuous period of absence in any one place is thirty shillings and six pence ; |
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(ii) four shillings and three pence, in case the rate of night allowance payable to the officer in respect of the first seven nights of a continuous period of absence in any one place is twenty-five shillings and six pence ; |
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(iii) four shillings in any other case." |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of May 1957. |
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PROINSIAS MAC AOGÁIN, |
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Minister for Agriculture. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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These Regulations provide for increased maintenance expenses in the form of night and day allowances for officers of Committees of Agriculture as from 6th May, 1957. |
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