Irish Land Commission. 15/07/1930:


LAND PURCHASE ACT - PROVISIONAL RULES

The Irish Land Commission in exercise of the power in that behalf conferred by Section 2 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, hereby certifies that on account of urgency the Rule set forth in the Schedule hereto should come into immediate operation, and hereby orders that the said Rule shall come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Rule and continue in force until Rules shall have been made in accordance with the provisions of the above mentioned Act.

Dated this 15th day of July, 1930.

W. E. WYLIE,

KEVIN R. O'SHIEL.

SCHEDULE.

PROVISIONAL RULE UNDER THE LAND PURCHASE ACTS AMENDING THE PROVISIONAL RULES DATED 5th FEBRUARY, 1924.

15th day of July, 1930.

It is this day ordered by the Irish Land Commission in pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of Section 29 of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, and Section 76 of the Land Act, 1923 , and of every other power the said Commission thereunto enabling, and after consultation with the President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland as follows :—

Rule 3 of Order XLVII. of the Provisional Rules under the Land Purchase Acts dated the 5th day of February, 1924, is hereby rescinded and the following Rule is substituted therefor and is to be read as in it were incorporated in Order XLVII. :—

3. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary between a Solicitor and his client, the costs incurred in the course of proceedings in the Land Commission under the Land Purchase Acts shall be taxed according to the schedule of fees in the appendix to the said Provisional Rules of the 5th day of February, 1924. Such costs shall be taxable by a Taxing Master of the High Court on notice to the person or persons against whom the costs are awarded, or by whom, or out of whose funds such costs are liable to be paid ; provided always that the Taxing Officer may require the person whose costs are being taxed to obtain a certificate from the Examiner as to who should have notice of the taxation. The certificate of the Taxing Officer shall be final if not varied by the Court.

W. E. WYLIE,

KEVIN R. O'SHIEL.