S.I. No. 70/1969:

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1969.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1969.

I, NEIL T. BLANEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 3 of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948 (No. 24 of 1948), as amended by Section 7 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 rules :

1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Committee of Agriculture (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1969.

(2) The Committees of Agriculture (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1959 to 1964, and these Rules may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1959 to 1969.

2. The Committees of Agriculture (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1959 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1959 ) shall be amended as follows :

(a) the following is hereby substituted for Rule 2, " 2. The amount of an allowance payable under the first subparagraph of paragraph (a) of section 3 (3) of the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948 (No. 24 of 1948) by a committee of agriculture to a member of the committee or an approved subcommittee of such committee in respect of his attendance at a meeting of such committee or subcommittee held on or after the 1st day of August, 1968, shall be--

(a) in the case of a continuous period of not less than three hours--twenty-five shillings, and

(b) in the case of a continuous period of not less than seven hours--thirty-five shillings.";

(b) the following is hereby substituted for Rule 3, " 3. Where a resolution under clause (ii) of the second subparagraph (inserted by the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958 (No. 17 of 1958)) of the said paragraph (a) is in force in relation to a committee of agriculture or an approved subcommittee of such committee and a meeting of the committee or sub- committee is held on or after the 1st day of August, 1968, the amount of the allowance which the committee shall pay to the member of the Committee or subcommittee who--

(a) attends the meeting at a place less than five miles by any route from his ordinary place of residence, and

(b) was obliged by reason of such attendance to remain away from his home for a continuous period of not less than three hours.

shall be an amount not exceeding thirty-five shillings."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of April, 1969.

NEIL T. BLANEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Rules prescribe the amount of the allowances payable to Members of Committees of Agriculture in respect of attendance at meetings of the Committee or of an approved sub-Committee.