Slaughtered Animals (Compensation) Act, 1928

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Suspension of charges.

17.—(1) Whenever the compensation fund amounts to the sum of twenty thousand pounds (the invested portion being taken at the current market prices) or the Trustees are of opinion that the compensation fund is then sufficient to meet all charges which may reasonably be expected to be payable thereout during the then ensuing six months, the Trustees shall forthwith so inform the Minister and thereupon the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, by order made after consultation with the Trustees suspend for such time from the date of the order as shall be specified in the order the payment by the owners of animals exported to Great Britain from Saorstát Eireann of the charges required by this Act to be paid by them in respect of such animals.

(2) Every order made by the Minister under this section may be amended, revoked, or continued by a subsequent order made by the Minister on the request of the Trustees.

(3) No order made under this section shall operate to relieve against or to impose a liability to pay charges under this Act in respect of animals exported from Saorstát Eireann before the date of such order.