Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1901

Amendment of 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. ss. 56 & 57, as to raising excluded charges.

2. Where, for the purpose of raising in any area the exact amount of any excluded charges mentioned in sections fifty-six or fifty-seven of the principal Act, it would, but for this section, be necessary to make a rate in the pound less than a farthing or not being a multiple of a farthing, the rate in the pound actually made for that purpose shall be a farthing or the next highest multiple of a farthing, as the case may be, and any sum raised in excess of such exact amount shall—

(a) in the case of any excluded charge mentioned in the said section fifty-six, be carried to the district fund of the district comprising that area or, where the area is comprised in more than one county district, to the district funds in proportion to the rateable value of the part of the area comprised in each district; and

(b) in the case of any excluded charge mentioned in the said section fifty-seven, be applied in such manner as the Local Government Board direct in aid of any rate required to meet any such excluded charge leviable within the aforesaid area.