S.I. No. 114/1983 - Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.


S.I. No. 114 of 1983.

POUNDS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Pounds (Provision and Maintenance) Act, 1935 (No. 17 of 1935), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.

2. The Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1982, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1983.

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

4. The Pounds Regulations, 1938 (S. R. & O., No. 149 of 1938), shall have effect, in relation to chattels and animals impounded on or after the 9th day of May, 1983, as if the following Schedule were substituted for the Second Schedule (as amended by the Pounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1982, ( S.I. No. 20 of 1982 )):

SECOND SCHEDULE

Pound-keepers' Fees covering impounding and care of chattels and impounding, care and sustenance of and attendance on animals.

For every

For each period of 24 hours or part of such period

£

Brood mare, stallion, hunter, polo pony, horse, mare, pony, mule, jennet and foal under twelve months old

11.20

Cow, heifer, bull, bullock

3.45

Calf under. twelve months old

3.00

Sheep, lamb, goat, donkey, turkey

1.50

Pig

1.95

Greyhound

2.20

Ordinary domestic fowl

0.55

Dog other than greyhound

0.80

Mechanically propelled vehicle not exceeding one tonne in weight

1.80

Mechanically propelled vehicle exceeding one tonne in weight

2.05

Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy exceeding 50 kilogrammes estimated weight

0.70

Article comprising a levy or first of a number of articles in a levy not exceeding 50 kilogrammes estimated weight

0.40

Second and subsequent articles in the same levy

0.25

Levy of hay or straw, per estimated tonne

1.80

Levy of flax or wool, etc., per estimated tonne

1.80

Levy of corn, per estimated tonne

1.80

Levy of potatoes, turnips, beet or other root crops, per estimated tonne

1.40

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of April, 1983.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to increase with effect as on and from the 9th May, 1983 the Pound-keepers' Fees prescribed in the Pounds Regulations, 1938 to 1982.