Seeds and Fertilisers Supply Act, 1942
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Partial recoupment by the State of irrecoverable moneys. |
6.—(1) Subject to the limitation imposed by the next following sub-section of this section, the Minister for Finance shall, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, recoup to any council of a county one-half of every sum in respect of which all of the following conditions apply, that is to say:— | |
(a) such sum has become payable by any person to such council either in respect of or on account of a sale of goods under this Act by such council to that person or in respect of or on account of moneys paid by such council to a seed merchant in pursuance of a guarantee given under this Act to such seed merchant in respect of goods supplied by him to the said person, and | ||
(b) the Minister is satisfied that, before making the sale or giving the guarantee (as the case may be) in relation to which such sum became payable to such council, such council took reasonable care in regard to the selection or approval of the said person, and | ||
(c) such sum is certified by the Minister to be irrecoverable by such council from the said person. | ||
(2) The total amount paid under this section by the Minister for Finance to the council of any county shall not exceed the sum stated in the second column of the Schedule to this Act opposite the name of such county in the first column of the said Schedule. |