Dublin Port and Docks (Bridges) Act, 1929

Abolition of the Bridge Tax.

32.—From and after the 1st day of April next after the passing of this Act the Bridge Tax as defined in section 66 (9) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , leviable under the Act of 1854 shall cease to be leviable and all charges costs and expenses hitherto chargeable to the Bridge Tax including such sum if any as may be certified by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health to be the proportion of the Collector General's annuity which but for this section would have been properly chargeable to Bridge Tax under section 66 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 shall from and after that date be chargeable to and defrayed out of the Bridge Rate hereby created and any surplus of Bridge Tax then in the hands of the Board being part of the proceeds of the Bridge Tax levied under the Act of 1854 shall be transferred to the credit of the Bridge Rate Account of the Board.