Seeds and Fertilisers Supply Act, 1933

Recoupment of losses by the State.

4.—(1) Subject to the limitation imposed by the next sub-section of this section, the Minister for Finance shall, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, recoup to any council of a county one-half of every sum—

(a) which is payable by any person to such council in respect of or on account of a sale of goods under this Act by such council to such person, and

(b) the payment whereof to such council by such person is guaranteed in writing by two sureties approved of by such council, neither of whom is a purchaser of goods from such council under this Act, and

(c) which is certified by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health to be irrecoverable by such council from such person and such sureties.

(2) The total amount paid by the Minister for Finance under this section to the council of any county shall not exceed the sum stated in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite the name of such county in the first column of the said Schedule.