No. 366/1934:

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (" TECHNICAL EDUCATION ") ORDER, 1934.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (" TECHNICAL EDUCATION ") ORDER, 1934.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), that the Minister for Education may from time to time, after consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, by order declare that the expression " technical education " shall for the purposes of the said Act also include instruction in such subjects bearing on or relating to agriculture as may be specified in such order and whenever any such order is made the meaning of the said expression shall for the purposes of the said Act be extended in conformity with the provisions of such order ;

AND WHEREAS the Minister for Education has, before making this Order, consulted with the Minister for Agriculture in relation thereto ;

NOW, I, TOMAS Ó DEIRG, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby make the following order, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Vocational Education (" Technical Education ") Order, 1934.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The expression " technical education " shall for the purposes of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), also include instruction in the following subjects bearing on or relating to agriculture, that is to say, horticulture, bee-keeping, poultry-keeping, home butter-making and home cheese-making.

Given under my Seal of Office this 3rd day of December, 1934.

T. Ó DEIRG,

Minister for Education.