Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948

Amendment of subsection (1) of section 36 of the Principal Act.

2.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 36 of the Principal Act, as amended by the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1941 (No. 27 of 1941), is hereby further amended by the deletion of the words “two pence” where they occur secondly, and the substitution therefor of the words “five pence”.

(2) All acts and things done before the commencement of this Act by the council of a county in relation to the making of any rate for the local financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1949, shall (where the amount to be raised by means of such rate includes the amount of the agricultural rate) be as valid and effectual as if subsection (1) of this section were in force at the time such acts or things were done.