Beet Sugar (Subsidy) Act, 1925
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Subsidies on certain home-manufactured sugar. |
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations to be made thereunder, the Minister may, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay subsidies in respect of sugar manufactured in Saorstát Eireann during the period of ten years beginning on the 1st day of October, 1926, from sugar beet grown in Saorstát Eireann at the following rates, that is to say:— | |
(a) in respect of such sugar manufactured in the first factory established in Saorstát Eireann and licensed for the manufacture of sugar from sugar beet grown in Saorstát Eireann, subsidies at the rates specified in the First Schedule to this Act, and | ||
(b) in respect of such sugar manufactured in any other such factory, subsidies at such rates as shall from time to time be prescribed by regulations made under this Act but not exceeding in any case the respective rates specified in the First Schedule to this Act. | ||
(2) No subsidy shall be payable under this Act in respect of any sugar manufactured from sugar beet grown in any of the years 1926, 1927, and 1928 unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister that the price paid or to be paid by the manufacturer of such sugar for the beet from which the same was manufactured is not less than the price specified in that behalf in the Second Schedule to this Act. | ||
(3) Every subsidy paid under this Act in respect of any sugar shall be paid to the person by whom the sugar was manufactured or the personal representative or (in the case of a company) the liquidator of such person, and in any case shall be so paid at such times and calculated in such manner and on such quantities of sugar as shall be prescribed by regulations made under this Act. | ||
(4) All claims for payment of a subsidy under this Act shall be made to and determined by the Minister and the decision of the Minister on any such claim shall be final and conclusive, but may be revoked or amended at any time by the Minister on the ground of fraud, misrepresentation, or mistake. |