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S.I. No. 148/1937 - Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (Collection of Fees) Regulations, 1937.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN. STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1937. No. 148.

DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT, 1934 (COLLECTION OF FEES) REGULATIONS, 1937.

WHEREAS by virtue of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (Commencement) Order, 1937 (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 40 of 1937), the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (No. 1 of 1934), came into operation on the 1st day of April, 1937:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by section 5 of the said Act that the Minister for Justice may by order make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in the said Act as prescribed:

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by section 8 of the said Act that all fees received by the Minister for Justice under the said Act shall be collected and accounted for in such manner as shall be prescribed by the said Minister with the sanction of the Minister for Finance:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, P. J. RUTTLEDGE, Minister for Justice, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance testified by his signature hereto, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (No. 1 of 1934), and of every and any power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order and make the following regulations, that is to say:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (Collection of Fees) Regulations, 1937.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of these Regulations in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. In these Regulations, the expression "the Act" means the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934 (No. 1 of 1934).

4. Fees paid to the Minister for Justice under the Act shall be taken—

(a) if the amount of the fee exceeds five shillings, in the form of a Post Office Money Order payable to the Paymaster-General at the General Post Office, Dublin, and crossed "/& Co./" or in the form of a banker's draft or a cheque guaranteed by the bank on which it is drawn payable to the credit of the account of the Paymaster-General; or

(b) if the amount of the fee does not exceed five shillings, in cash, or in any of the forms mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph.

5. The said fees shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.

Given under my Seal of Office this 9th day

of June, 1937.

(Signed) P. J. RUTTLEDGE,

Minister for Justice.

(Signed) S. A. ROCHE.

I concur in the foregoing Regulations.

(Signed) SEÁN MacENTEE,

Minister for Finance.