Turf Development Act, 1946

Suspension of operation of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Road Transport Act, 1933 in relation to the carriage of turf by road.

71.—(1) At any time while the suspendable provisions are, whether by virtue of an order made under subsection (2) of this section or otherwise, in force, the Minister may by order (in this section referred to as a suspending order) declare that the suspendable provisions shall cease to be in force, in relation to the carriage of turf by road, as on and from such date as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the order.

(2) At any time while the suspendable provisions are, by virtue of a suspending order, not in force, the Minister may, by order (in this section referred to as a reviving order), declare that the suspendable provisions shall again come into force, in relation to the carriage of turf by road, as on and from such date (not being earlier than one month after the date on which the reviving order is made) as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the order.

(3) Whenever and so often as the Minister makes a suspending order, the following provisions shall have effect:—

(a) subject to the operation of a reviving order, the suspendable provisions shall cease to be in force, in relation to the carriage of turf by road, as on and from the date specified in that behalf in the suspending order;

(b) subsections (1) and (2) of section 21 of the Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), shall apply to and have effect in relation to such cesser as if such cesser were a repeal by an Act of the Oireachtas passed on the day on which such cesser takes effect and the suspendable provisions were repealed by such Act of the Oireachtas as on and from that day.

(4) Whenever and so often as the Minister makes a reviving order the suspendable provisions shall, as on and from the date specified in that behalf in such reviving order again come into force in relation to the carriage of turf by road, and shall, subject to the operation of a subsequent suspending order, continue in force.

(5) In this section the expression “the suspendable provisions” means subsection (1) of section 9 of the Road Transport Act, 1933 (No. 8 of 1933).