S.I. No. 45/1960:

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) REGULATIONS, 1952 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1960.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) REGULATIONS, 1952 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1960.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 27 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 28 of 1931), and section 6 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958 (No. 17 of 1958), hereby make the following regulations :

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1960.

(2) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 15th day of December, 1959.

(3) The Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 to 1959, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 to 1960.

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

3. Regulation 3 of the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1956 ), is hereby amended by--

(i) the substitution for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) thereof of the following paragraphs :

"(a) by thirty per cent. of so much thereof as does not exceed two hundred and ninety pounds,

(b) by twenty one per cent. of so much (if any) thereof as exceeds two hundred and ninety pounds but does not exceed nine hundred pounds, and

(c) by fourteen per cent. of so much (if any) thereof as exceeds nine hundred pounds,"

and

(ii) the substitution of "ninety-two pounds" for "sixty-two pounds".

4. The Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1958 ), are hereby amended by the deletion in Regulation 3 of "to an officer other than a Chief Agricultural Officer".

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 4th day of March, 1960.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for increases in salaries for officers of Committees of Agriculture.