In short
This law amends the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938, specifically concerning the definition of "travelling facilities" and increasing certain financial allowances for members.
What it regulates
- The definition of "travelling facilities" for members of the Oireachtas.
- The types of expenses that qualify as "travelling facilities."
- The amount of certain allowances provided under the Principal Act.
Who it concerns
- Members of the Oireachtas.
- The Minister (who sanctions mileage rates and approves other travelling expenses).
Key points
- The previous definition of "travelling facilities" is repealed and replaced.
- "Travelling facilities" now include free first-class railway travel, repayment of public omnibus fares, repayment of motor car expenses at Minister-sanctioned mileage rates, and repayment of other reasonable travelling expenses approved by the Minister.
- References to £40 and £30 in section 3 of the Principal Act are increased by thirty per cent.
- This Act and the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938, can be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 and 1947.
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Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1947
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Number 23 of 1947.
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1947.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Principal Act.
2.
Amendment of definition of expression “travelling facilities” in the Principal Act.
3.
Amendment of section 3 of the Principal Act.
4.
Short title and collective citation.
Acts Referred to
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938
No. 34 of 1938
Number 23 of 1947.
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1947.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) ACT, 1938
. [23rd July, 1947.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Principal Act.
1.—In this Act, the expression “the Principal Act” means the
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938
(No. 34 of 1938).
Amendment of definition of expression “travelling facilities” in the Principal Act.
2.—The definition (contained in section 1 of the Principal Act) of the expression “travelling facilities” is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that each of the following shall be travelling facilities for the purposes of the Principal Act, that is to say—
(a) the provision of free first-class railway travelling,
(b) the repayment of fare paid for travelling in any public omnibus or similar public conveyance,
(c) the repayment of expenses of travelling in the member's own motor car at such mileage rates as may from time to time be sanctioned by the Minister,
(d) the repayment of such other travelling expenses as the Minister shall be satisfied were reasonably incurred.
Amendment of section 3 of the Principal Act.
3.—(1) In subsection (1) of section 3 of the Principal Act, the reference to £40 shall be construed as a reference to that sum increased by thirty per cent.
(2) In subsection (2) of section 3 of the Principal Act, the reference to £30 shall be construed as a reference to that sum increased by thirty per cent.
Short title and collective citation.
4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1947.
(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 and 1947.
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