S.I. No. 225/1959 - Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1959.


S.I. No. 225 of 1959.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) REGULATIONS, 1952 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 27 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), hereby make the following regulations :

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1959.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1960.

(3) The Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 to 1958, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 to 1959.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3.—(1) In this Regulation " the Principal Regulations " means the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 ( S.I. No. 317 of 1952 ).

(2) Paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of " £425—£27—£875 " for " £380—£25—£750 ".

(3) The reference contained in Regulation 3 of the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1956 ), to a salary payable under the Principal Regulations shall be construed as including a salary payable under paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Principal Regulations as amended by paragraph (2) of this Regulation.

(4) The reference contained in Regulation 3 of the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 (Amendment) Regulations, 1958 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1958 ), to a salary payable under the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952 to 1956), to an officer other than a Chief Agricultural Officer shall be construed as including a salary payable under paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Principle Regulations as amended by paragraph (2) of this Regulation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of December, 1959.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for the equation of the salary scale of Instructors in Horticulture and Bee-keeping under Committees of Agriculture with that applicable to Instructors in Agriculture.