S.I. No. 13/1949:

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1949.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1949.

I, JAMES M. DILLON, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (3) of section 3 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948 (No. 24 of 1948), hereby make the following Rules :--

1. These Rules may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1949.

2. In these Rules the word " allowance " means an allowance under paragraph (a) of the subsection.

3. The amount of the allowance to be paid by a committee of agriculture to a member of the committee, or of an approved subcommittee, shall be--

(a) four shillings and sixpence, in the case of a continuous period of not less than three hours but less than seven hours ;

(b) seven shillings, in the case of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

4. A person shall not be paid more than one allowance in respect of any one period, notwithstanding that, being a member of a committee of agriculture and of an approved sub-committee, he attends meetings of both bodies during that period.

5. A committee of agriculture shall not pay an allowance to any person unless that person has previously furnished to the committee a claim in writing stating--

(a) the date and place of the meeting or meetings attended by him,

(b) the precise hours at which he left his ordinary place of residence to attend the meeting or meetings and at which he returned to such residence.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of January, 1949.

JAMES M. DILLON,

Minister for Agriculture.