Local Government Act, 1946

Provisions in relation to the agricultural grant.

25.—(1) Where, in the local financial year ending immediately before the commencement of this section, any part of the agricultural grant was payable by the council of a county to the council of an urban district, such council of a county shall, in each subsequent local financial year, pay an amount equal to such part to such council of an urban district out of the agricultural grant and such amount shall thereupon be paid into the municipal fund.

(2) Any part of the agricultural grant which becomes payable after the commencement of this section to an urban authority under subsection (1) of section 5 of the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1939 (No. 23 of 1939) shall be paid into the municipal fund.

(3) In this section, the expression “the agricultural grant” has the same meaning as it has in the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1939 (No. 23 of 1939).