No. 13/1946:

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1946.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1946.

I, SÉAMAS O RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sub-section (1) of Section 27 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby make the following regulations :—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1946.

(2) The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1936 and 1946.

2. In these Regulations the expression " the Principal Regulations " means the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1936 ( S. R. & O. No. 51 of 1936 ).

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

4. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion in Part I of the following paragraph :—

" 4A. A committee shall, in addition to the actual salary and bonus (if any) payable by such committee, pay to each officer of such committee who does not hold a position of emolument under any other local authority—

(a) if such officer is married or is a widower or a widow, temporary (emergency) additional remuneration at the rate of, in case such officer is an officer of a clerical grade and the offices of such committee are not situate in a county borough, thirteen shillings per week or, in any other case, fifteen shillings per week,

(b) if such officer is not married or is not a widower or a widow, temporary (emergency) additional remuneration at the rate of, in case such officer is an officer of a clerical grade and the offices of such committee are not situate in a county borough, eleven shilling and six pence per week, or, in any other case, thirteen shillings per week."

5. The Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) (Amendment) Regulations, 1945 ( S. R. & O. No. 2 of 1945 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of January, 1946.

(Sgd.) SÉAMAS O RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.