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S.I. No. 75/1961 -- Harbour Authorities (Allowances To Members) Rules, 1961.

S.I. No. 75/1961 -- Harbour Authorities (Allowances To Members) Rules, 1961. 1961 75

S.I. No. 75/1961:

HARBOUR AUTHORITIES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1961.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (7) of section 9 of the Harbours Act, 1947 (No. 34 of 1947), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), hereby make the following rules :--

1. These rules may be cited as the Harbour Authorities (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1961.

2. The allowance to be paid under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 9 of the Harbours Act, 1947 (No. 34 of 1947), to a member of a harbour authority in respect of absence from his official residence by reason of attendance at a meeting or meetings to which either such paragraph relates shall be--

(a) 4s. 6d. in respect of a continuous period of less than seven hours and not less than three hours, and

(b) 7s. in respect of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

3. The form set out in the Schedule hereto is the form to be used in respect of applications under these rules.

SCHEDULE.

To ............................................................ ........................................... (Harbour Authority)

Application for allowances under Section 9 (7) of the Harbours Act, 1947 .

I hereby apply for allowances amounting to £..................under Section 9 (7) of the Harbours Act, 1947 for attendances at the meetings specified hereunder during the month of ...............................*

Date of Meeting	Time of Meeting	Duration of Meeting	Time of Departure from Residence	Time of Return to Residence	Period of continuous absence	Amount claimed






Total amount claimed

I declare that the foregoing statement is to the best of my knowledge and belief true and correct and that I am not eligible for an allowance under Subsection (7) of Section 67 of the Local Government Act, 1946 , in respect of attendance at a local authority meeting on any of the dates in the statement.

Signed....................................................

Official Residence...........................................................

Date........................ ............................................................ ....................

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For completion by General Manager or Secretary.

Payment of £............................................................ .. authorised by resolution of the Harbour

Authority dated ............................................................ ..........

Signed............................................................ ........

Date............................................................ .

*A separate claim is to be furnished in respect of each month.

Note : A member of a Harbour Authority who is a member of a local authority should furnish each claim in duplicate.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of April, 1961.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to make rules for the calculation of allowances which may be paid by a Harbour Authority to members whose attendance at meetings of the Harbour Authority involves absence from their official residences for a continuous period of not less than three hours and the places at which such meetings are held are not less than three miles by any route from their official residences.