Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Act, 1890

Application of Irish share of customs and excise duties.

41 & 42 Vict. c. 66.

3.(1) The Irish share of the local taxation (customs and excise) duties paid to the local taxation (Ireland) account on account of any financial year shall be applied as follows, that is to say, out of such share—

(i) The sum of seventy-eight thousand pounds shall be paid [. rep. 62 & 63 Vict. c. 50, s. 35; as to application of the sum, see ss. 15 and 16 of that Act.]

(ii) The residue of such share shall, unless Parliament otherwise determines, be paid to the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland, and be distributed and applied by them amongst schools to which the provisions of the Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act, 1878, apply for [4] both or either of the purposes following, . namely:

(a) for the payment to managers of schools complying with the conditions prescribed under the said Act, of fees dependent on the results of public examinations of students; and

(b) for the payment of prizes and exhibitions, and the giving of certificates to students, according to a scheme to be settled by the said Board with the approval of the Lord Lieutenant and the Treasury.

[Sub-s. (2) rep. 62 & 63 Vict. c. 50 s. 35.]

[4 These funds may be applied in accordance with rules under 63 & 64 Vict. c. 43, s. 1.]