Agriculture Act, 1931

Audit of accounts of committees of agriculture.

31.—(1) The accounts of every committee of agriculture shall be audited by an auditor appointed by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health and the following enactments, that is to say, sections 11 to 15 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1871 , sub-section (2) of section 63 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , and sections 20 and 21 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902 , as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment shall apply to the audit and auditor of the accounts of such committees in the same manner as such enactments as so amended or adapted apply to the audit and auditor of the accounts of the public bodies specified therein.

(2) The Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall from time to time as occasion requires ascertain and determine what proportion of the salary paid to the auditor appointed to audit the accounts of a committee of agriculture should be charged in respect of such audit and the amount of such proportion of such salary shall be paid by such committee to the said Minister.