Turf Development Act, 1950

Grants and advances to the Board towards expenses under schemes under Section 5 of this Act.

6.—(1) Subject to the limitations imposed by subsection (2) of this section, the Minister may pay to the Board from time to time, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, grants, towards the expenses incurred by the Board under any schemes under section 5 of this Act, of such amounts as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may fix.

(2) The grants to be made under subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to the following limitations:

(a) the total amount thereof shall not exceed three hundred and sixty thousand pounds,

(b) a grant in relation to any particular house shall not exceed one hundred and eighty pounds.

(3) Subject to the limitation imposed by subsection (4) of this section, the Minister for Finance may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make to the Board from time to time, out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof, repayable advances towards the expenses incurred by the Board under any schemes under section 5 of this Act.

(4) The total amount of the advances to be made under subsection (3) of this section shall not exceed six hundred and eighty thousand pounds.

(5) The provisions of sections 54, 55 and 56 of the Principal Act (except the saver in subsection (1) of section 55 for section 57 of the Principal Act) shall apply in relation to advances under subsection (3) of this section, and for the purposes of such application the references in those sections to section 53 of the Principal Act shall have effect as references to subsection (3) of this section.