Local Officers' Compensation (War Period) Act, 1924
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Funds from which allowances and gratuities are to be paid, deducted, or refunded. |
5.—(1) The several allowances and gratuities payable under this Act shall be paid by the Minister for Finance in the first instance out of moneys placed at his disposal for that purpose by the British Government, and if and so far as those moneys are insufficient for the purpose aforesaid the said allowances and gratuities shall be paid out of the share apportioned to Saorstát Eireann of the moneys (if any) remaining to credit of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in respect of interest, and if and so far as all the moneys aforesaid are insufficient for the purpose aforesaid every such allowance and gratuity shall be paid out of the grant payable to the Local Taxation Account under sub-section (1) of section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , and in priority to the sums payable thereout under sub-section (2) of that section. | |
(2) All moneys paid before the passing of this Act by the British Government or the Government of Saorstát Eireann to any of the persons named in the second column of the Schedule to this Act on account of the allowance or gratuity the payment of which to him is provided for by this Act shall, to such extent and in such proportions and manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct, be refunded out of the said share apportioned to Saorstát Eireann of the moneys (if any) remaining to credit of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account in respect of interest, or out of the grant payable to the Local Taxation Account under sub-section (1) of section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , or partly out of the said moneys and partly out of the said grant, and in any case in priority to the moneys payable out of such grant under the first sub-section of this section. | ||
(3) Sub-section (5) of section 58 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , shall not apply to any sums payable out of the Local Taxation Account under this section. |