National Agricultural Advisory, Education and Research Authority Act, 1977

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Interpretation.

2.—(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

“the Agriculture Acts” means the Agriculture Acts, 1931 to 1974;

“the Act of 1931” means the Agriculture Act, 1931 ;

“the Act of 1944” means the Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944 ;

“the Act of 1956” means the Local Government (Superannuation) Act, 1956 ;

“the Act of 1958” means the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958 ;

“agriculture” includes—

(a) horticulture, dairying, the breeding of horses, cattle, pigs and other livestock, poultry and bee-keeping,

(b) the cultivation, production and preservation of crops, including grass,

(c) the use and application of manures and fertilisers,

(d) the production and processing of meat and other livestock products, milk and other dairy products, eggs and other poultry products, honey and other bee products, fruit and other horticultural products, and

(e) animal nutrition, farm management, farm home management, agricultural economics, marketing and other activities and sciences which relate to or tend to improve or develop agriculture,

and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

“the Authority” means the National Agricultural Authority established under section 9;

“basic veterinary research” includes research in relation to diseases of animals and poultry, but does not include—

(a) the diagnosis, on behalf of the Minister, herdowners, flock-owners or veterinary practitioners, of disease in animals or poultry by means of clinical or laboratory examination of individual animals or birds, whether live or dead, or of their carcases, or of specimens taken from them, or

(b) investigations, tests, inquiries or trials arising from disease eradication and hygiene control programmes operated by the Minister;

“the Board” means the Board, established under section 25, of the Authority;

“the chairman” means the chairman of the Board;

“committee of agriculture” means a committee established under section 13 of the Act of 1931 ;

“county” means an administrative county and does not include a county borough;

“the Director” means the Director of the Authority;

“education” includes training and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

“financial year” means a year commencing on the 1st day of January and “local financial year” in relation to a committee of agriculture has the same meaning;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“higher education” means education in an institution of higher education as defined in the Higher Education Authority Act, 1971 ;

“local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , but includes a committee of agriculture;

“the Institute” means An Foras Talúntais established by the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958 ;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;

“prescribed” means prescribed by order of the Minister;

“research” includes research in relation to forestry and plant breeding, and investigation, test, experiment, analysis and study, but does not include, except where the Minister has, in writing, given his approval or so requests—

(a) the testing of—

(i) livestock in relation to or in conjunction with national breeding programmes operated by the Minister, or

(ii) grass, cereal, root or vegetable seeds, potatoes or plants in relation to, or in conjunction with, schemes of certification operated by the Minister, or in regard to the preparation by the Minister of lists of acceptable or recommended varieties of such seeds, potatoes or plants (whether for the purpose of implementing any directive of the European Economic Community or otherwise) or for the purpose of a grant of proprietary rights to breeders of new varieties of such seeds, potatoes or plants, or

(iii) samples of seeds taken in accordance with section 13 of the Agricultural Seeds Act, 1936 , or

(b) the testing or analysis on behalf of the public, manufacturers or processors, or otherwise in pursuance of statutory requirements, of samples of fertilisers, feeding stuffs, pesticides, mineral mixtures or agricultural products.

(2) In this Act a reference to a Part, section or Schedule is to a Part, section or Schedule of this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended.

(3) In this Act a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.

(4) A reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by any other enactment including this Act.