Turf Development Act, 1950

Grants to the Board in respect of expenses of experimental and research work.

2.—Section 52 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2):

“(1) Subject to the limitation imposed by subsection (2) of this section, the Minister may pay to the Board from time to time, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, grants, towards the expenses incurred by the Board under section 19 (which relates to experimental and research work by the Board in relation to turf and turf products) of this Act, of such amounts as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may fix.

(2) The total amount of grants to be made under this section shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.”