S.I. No. 126/1966:

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (OFFICERS' TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1966

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (OFFICERS' TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1966

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 28 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), and section 6 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958 (No. 17 of 1958), as adapted by the Agriculture (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1965 ( S.I. No. 146 of 1965 ), hereby make the following regulations :--

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations, 1966.

(2) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1966.

(3) The Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 22 of 1965 ), the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 183 of 1965 ), and these Regulations may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1965 and 1966.

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

3. Part III of the Schedule to the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) Regulations, 1965, as amended by the Committees of Agriculture (Officers' Travelling Expenses and Maintenance Allowance and Expenses) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965, is hereby amended by--

(a) the substitution of " fifty-three shillings and nine pence " for " fifty-one shillings and six pence " in both places where that expression occurs and of " forty-nine shillings and six pence " for " forty-seven shillings and six pence " in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 10,

(b) the substitution of " forty-eight shillings and three pence " and " forty-one shillings and three pence " for " forty-six shillings and three pence " and " thirty-nine shillings and six pence " respectively in each place where those expressions occur in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 10,

(c) the substitution of " forty shillings and six pence " for " thirty-eight shillings and nine pence " in both places where that expression occurs and of " thirty-three shillings and six pence " for " thirty-two shillings " in subparagraph (d) of paragraph 10,

(d) the substitution of " eight shillings and six pence " for " eight shillings and three pence " in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 11,

(e) the substitution of seven shillings and three pence " for " seven shillings " in subparagraphs (d) and (f) of paragraph 11, and

(f) the substitution of " seven shillings " for " six shillings and nine pence " in subparagraph (h) of paragraph 11.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of June, 1966.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide for increases as from 1st January, 1966, in the rates of maintenance expenses in the form of night and day allowances payable to officers of Committees of Agriculture.