Railways Act, 1933

Liability for expenses of the road transport functions of the Railway Tribunal.

13.—(1) In this section—

the expression “the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal” means all expenses, as determined by the Minister for Finance, incurred by the Railway Tribunal exclusively in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties under any Act relating to the transport of merchandise by road which has been or shall be passed by the Oireachtas after the 1st day of February, 1933, and before the 1st day of July, 1933, but does not include any part or proportion of the remuneration of the members, registrar, officers, and servants of the Railway Tribunal or any other expenses which, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, are part of the general expenses of the Railway Tribunal and are not exclusively referable to the performance of any particular function of the Railway Tribunal; and

the expression “road transport fees” means fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal under any such Act as aforesaid.

(2) The expression “all other expenses of the Railway Tribunal” where the same occurs in sub-section (4) of section 15 of the Principal Act shall not include the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal; and

the expression “fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal” where the same occurs in the said sub-section shall not include road transport fees, and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

(3) For the purposes of this section the Railway Tribunal shall, in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct, segregate in its accounts the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal and the road transport fees respectively from the other expenses of and the other fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal,