Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1996
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Number 2 of 1996 | ||||||||||
JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996 | ||||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||||
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Number 2 of 1996 | ||||||||||
JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996 | ||||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959 . [28th February, 1996] | ||||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||||
Amendment of Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959. |
1.—The Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959 , is hereby amended by the substitution for section 3 of the following section: | |||||||||
“3.—(1) The Estate shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be used as a lay agricultural college and for the conduct of agricultural research and for no other purpose whatever. | ||||||||||
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 of the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988 , Teagasc— | ||||||||||
(a) may dispose of such part of the Estate as it may determine but not exceeding 5 per cent. of the land comprised therein on the commencement of the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1996, for use for environmental, heritage, amenity or recreational purposes, and | ||||||||||
(b) may lease to the Environmental Protection Agency, for use by it for the purposes of the Environmental Protection Agency, such part of the Estate as may be determined by Teagasc. | ||||||||||
(3) Land disposed of under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section shall be used only for a purpose specified in that paragraph and land leased under paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be used only for a purpose specified in that paragraph.”. | ||||||||||
Short title and collective citation. |
2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1996. | |||||||||
(2) The Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Acts, 1945 to 1980, and this Act may be cited together as the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Acts, 1945 to 1996. | ||||||||||
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