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S.I. No. 289/1975 -- Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.

S.I. No. 289/1975 -- Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1975. 1975 289

S.I. No. 289/1975:

POUNDS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1975.

I, PATRICK COONEY, 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:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.

2. The Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1972, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1975.

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

4. 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 1st day of January, 1976, as if the following Table were substituted for the Table (inserted by the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 12 of 1972 )) 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	£4.16
Horse, mare, pony, mule, jennet	£1.67
Foal under twelve months old	£0.83
Cow, heifer, bull, bullock	£1.26
Calf under twelve months old	£1.11
Sheep, lamb, goat, donkey, turkey	£0.56
Pig	£0.70
Greyhound	£0.83
Ordinary domestic fowl	£0.20
Dog other than greyhound	£0.28
Mechanically propelled vehicle not exceeding one ton in weight	£0.63
Mechanically propelled vehicle exceeding one ton in weight	£0.74
Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy exceeding one cwt. estimated weight	£0.25
Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy not exceeding one cwt. estimated weight	£0.13
Second and subsequent articles in the same levy	£0.07
Levy of hay or straw, per estimated ton	£0.63
Levy of flax, wool, & c. per estimated ton	£0.63
Levy of corn, per estimated ton	£0.63
Levy of potatoes, turnips, beet or other root crops, per estimated ton	£0.50

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of November, 1975.

PATRICK COONEY,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to increase, with effect as on and from 1st January, 1976, the pound-keepers' fees prescibed in the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1972.