Industrial Alcohol Act, 1934
What is this act about?
This law, the Industrial Alcohol Act, 1934, allows the State to produce and sell industrial alcohol and regulates its manufacture by others. It also provides for related matters like acquiring land and building transport infrastructure.
Who it applies to: The Minister for Industry and Commerce, who is responsible for the undertaking; Importers and refiners of industrial alcohol.
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What does this act regulate?
- The State's ability to manufacture, distill, and sell industrial alcohol.
- The Minister's general powers for establishing and running this undertaking, including acquiring land and materials, constructing facilities, and employing staff.
- Special powers for the Minister regarding compulsory acquisition of land and the construction and operation of transport works.
- The restriction and control of industrial alcohol manufacturing by private entities.
Who does this act apply to?
- The Minister for Industry and Commerce, who is responsible for the undertaking.
- Importers and refiners of industrial alcohol.
- Persons whose land or rights over land may be compulsorily acquired by the Minister.
What are the key points?
- The Minister for Industry and Commerce can produce and sell industrial alcohol, referred to as "the undertaking."
- Industrial alcohol is defined as alcohol of at least fifty-five degrees over proof, whether denatured or not.
- The Minister can compulsorily acquire land or rights over land for the undertaking and for transport works.
- The Minister can construct, maintain, and operate transport works (like railways, tramways, aerial ropeways, or other goods transport works) for the undertaking.
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INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL ACT, 1934.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Section
Section 1
Short title.
Section 2
Definitions.
PART II.
MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL BY THE STATE.
Section 3
Production by the Minister of industrial alcohol.
Section 4
General powers of the Minister.
PART III.
SPECIAL POWERS OF THE MINISTER IN RELATION TO THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND, ETC. AND THE CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORT WORKS.
Section 5
Transport works.
Section 6
Right of entry on land.
Section 7
Power of Minister to construct, maintain, and operate transport works.
Section 8
Compulsory acquisition of lands, etc., by the Minister.
Section 9
Payment and ascertainment of compensation.
PART IV.
COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL BY IMPORTERS AND REFINERS.
Section 10
Interpretation of Part IV.
Section 11
Appointed periods.
Section 12
Returns by importers and refiners.
Section 13
Purchase of industrial alcohol by importers and refiners.
PART V.
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
Section 14
Restriction on manufacture of industrial alcohol.
Section 15
Industrial Alcohol Advisory Board.
Section 16
Sale of land and undertaking.
Section 17
Reports by the Minister.
Section 18
Accounts of undertaking carried on by the Minister.
Section 19
Financial provisions.
Act Referred to Control of Manufactures Act, 1932 No. 21 of 1932 Number 40 of 1934.
INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL ACT, 1934.
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PRODUCTION AND SALE BY THE STATE OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL AND FOR THE RESTRICTION AND CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURE OF INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID, INCLUDING THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND AND THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORT WORKS. [13th September, 1934.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
PART I.
Preliminary.
Short title.
1.—This Act may be cited as the Industrial Alcohol Act, 1934.
Definitions.
2.—In this Act— the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; the expression “industrial alcohol” means alcohol which is of a strength not less than fifty-five degrees over proof, whether denatured or not.
PART II.
Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol by the State.
Production by the Minister of industrial alcohol.
3.—(1) The Minister may undertake the manufacture, distillation, and sale of industrial alcohol, and such undertaking is in this Act referred to as the undertaking.
General powers of the Minister.
4.—(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of the undertaking, do all or any of the following things, that is to say:— (a) acquire by agreement any land, easement, profit á prendre, or other right; (b) construct and maintain at such and so many places as he thinks fit distilleries, rectifying plants, and other necessary works; (c) purchase, hire, or otherwise provide, and maintain machinery, plant, and equipment for such distilleries, rectifying plants, and other works; (d) purchase all necessary raw materials; (e) enter into contracts; (f) employ such and so many persons as he thinks fit; (g) dispose of by-products derived in the course of manufacture of industrial alcohol; (h) all such other things as he may consider necessary for establishing the undertaking and carrying it on as a commercial undertaking.
(k) the undertaking by the contractor that the said distilleries and rectifying plant shall together be capable of producing industrial alcohol at a cost in respect of raw material, fuel, and labour not exceeding such cost as the Minister may specify in such agreement; (l) the payment by the contractor to the Minister of liquidated damages in respect of such undertaking, the amount of such damages, and the guaranteeing of the payment of such damages; (m) the termination of the agreement by the Minister; (n) the training by the contractor, if so requested by the Minister, outside Ireland of such persons, as may be selected by the Minister, for posts as assistant managers of the said distilleries, and the remuneration to be paid by the Minister for such training; (o) the consideration to be paid by the Minister to the contractor for the services of the contractor under such agreement (otherwise than in respect of the matters mentioned in paragraph (n)), and the times and method of payment; (p) the payment by the Minister to the contractor of all reasonable travelling and hotel expenses incurred by the contractor's agents, officers, and servants incurred in coming to and from Saorstát Eireann and residing therein, between such dates as may be specified in such agreement, for purpose of discharging the obligations of the contractor under paragraph (j) of this sub-section; (q) the determination by arbitration of any dispute or difference arising in relation to such agreement; (r) such other matters ancillary or incidental to the matters mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-section as the Minister thinks proper.
PART III.
Special Powers of the Minister in Relation to the Compulsory Acquisition of Land, etc. and the Construction Maintenance and Operation of Transport Works.
Transport works.
5.—Each of the following works shall be transport works for the purposes of this Part of this Act, that is to say:— (c) an aerial ropeway; (a) a railway; (b) a tramway; (d) any other works for the transport of goods.
Right of entry on land.
6.—The Minister may enter on any land for the purpose of making thereon any inquiry, investigation, or examination preliminary or incidental to the doing of any thing which the Minister is authorised by this Part of this Act to do.
Power of Minister to construct, maintain, and operate transport works.
7.—(1) The Minister may, for the purpose of the undertaking, construct, maintain, and operate such transport works as he thinks fit.
Compulsory acquisition of lands, etc., by the Minister.
8.—(1) The Minister may, for the purposes of the undertaking, do all or any of the following things, that is to say— (a) compulsorily acquire (either permanently or temporarily) any land; (b) compulsorily acquire (either permanently or temporarily) any easement, way-leave, water-right, fishing right, or other right over or in respect of any land or water.
Payment and ascertainment of compensation.
9.—(1) Compensation shall be paid by the Minister for land compulsorily acquired (whether permanently or temporarily) by the Minister under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of the immediately preceding section to the several persons entitled thereto or having estates or interests therein, and for or in respect of easements, way-leaves, water-rights, fishing rights, and other rights compulsorily acquired (whether permanently or temporarily) under sub-section (1) of the said section to the owner thereof or the several persons entitled to or having estates or interests in the land over or in respect of which such rights are so acquired, and for or in respect of rights over or in respect of any land compulsorily acquired (whether permanently or temporarily) under sub-section (2) of the said section to the owner thereof or the several persons entitled to or having estates or interests in such land, and such compensation shall in default of agreement, be fixed by an official arbitrator under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 .
PART IV.
Compulsory Purchase of Industrial Alcohol by Importers and Refiners.
Interpretation of Part IV.
10.—(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act, the expression “hydrocarbon light oils” means hydrocarbon oils of which not less than fifty per cent. by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 185 degrees centigrade, or of which not less than ninety-five per cent. by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 240 degrees centigrade, or which give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 22.8 degrees centigrade when tested in the manner prescribed by the Acts relating to petroleum.
The method of testing oils for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this sub-section relating to the distillation of a certain volume thereof at a certain temperature shall be such as the Revenue Commissioners may prescribe.
Appointed periods.
11.—(1) The Minister, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, may by order declare that every period specified in such order shall be an appointed period for the purposes of this Part of this Act and whenever any such order is made every period specified in such order shall, so long as such order is in force, be an appointed period for the said purposes.
Returns by importers and refiners.
12.—(1) Every importer shall not later than seven days after every appointed period send to the Minister a return in the prescribed form showing the nett quantity of mineral hydrocarbon light oils imported by him during such appointed period.
Purchase of industrial alcohol by importers and refiners.
13.—(1) The Minister may after the expiration of any appointed period by order (in this section referred to as a sale order) do the following things, that is to say:— (a) allocate to every importer, who imported any mineral hydrocarbon light oils during such period, a quantity of industrial alcohol, not exceeding a quantity which bears to the total quantity of industrial alcohol manufactured by the Minister during such period the same proportion as the nett quantity of mineral hydrocarbon light oils imported by such importer during such period bears to the total of the nett quantities of mineral hydrocarbon light oils imported by all importers during such period and the nett quantities of mineral hydrocarbon light oils produced by all refiners during such period; (b) allocate to every refiner who produced any mineral hydrocarbon light oils during such period a quantity of industrial alcohol, not exceeding the quantity which bears to the total quantity of industrial alcohol manufactured by the Minister during such period, the same proportion as the quantity of mineral hydrocarbon light oils produced by such refiner during such period bears to the total of the nett quantities of mineral hydrocarbon light oils imported by all importers during such period and the nett quantities of mineral hydrocarbon light oils produced by all refiners during such period; (c) fix, in terms of a rate per gallon and on the basis that such industrial alcohol is to be delivered at the premises of the Minister, the price to be paid for such industrial alcohol; (d) require each person to whom any industrial alcohol has been allocated by such order to do the following things— (i) to purchase from the Minister, at a price calculated at the rate per gallon fixed by such order, such industrial alcohol; (ii) to pay to the Minister such price at such time or times as may be specified in such order in relation to such person; (iii) subject to the next following sub-paragraph, to accept delivery of such industrial alcohol at the premises of the Minister specified in such order, and at such time or times as may be specified in such order in relation to such person; (iv) in case such person has previously requested the Minister to deliver such industrial alcohol carriage paid at a place other than premises of the Minister and the Minister thinks fit to comply with such request, to accept delivery of such alcohol at such place and at such time or times as may be specified in such order in relation to such person, and to pay to the Minister at such time as may be specified in such order in relation to such person such sum in respect of such delivery (including carriage, insurance and other usual charges) as may be specified in such order.
For the purposes of this sub-section, a company registered in Saorstát Eireann under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, shall be deemed to carry on business at its registered office, and every other body corporate and every unincorporated body shall be deemed to carry on business at its principal office or place of business in Saorstá Eireann.
PART V.
Miscellaneous and General.
Restriction on manufacture of industrial alcohol.
14.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person other than the Minister to manufacture industrial alcohol unless such industrial alcohol is manufactured under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister.
Industrial Alcohol Advisory Board.
15.—(1) As soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, the Minister shall by order establish an advisory body (to be called and known as the Industrial Alcohol Advisory Board and in this section referred to as the Board) for giving advice to the Minister in relation to such matters (being matters relating to the undertaking) as the Minister may specify in such order, and shall by such order provide for the constitution of the Board and for the appointment and tenure of office of members of the Board and for any other matter in relation to the Board which, in the opinion of the Minister, it is advisable to provide by such order.
Sale of land and undertaking.
16.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, sell any land acquired by him under this Act and also the good will, stock in trade, and other assets of the undertaking at such price as he may think proper.
Reports by the Minister.
17.—The Minister shall as soon as may be after the end of the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, and every subsequent financial year prepare and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report of his proceedings under this Act during such financial year.
Accounts of undertaking carried on by the Minister.
18.—The Minister shall cause to be kept, in respect of the undertaking, all proper and usual accounts, in such form as shall be approved of by the Minister for Finance, of all moneys received or expended by him.
Financial provisions.
19.—(1) All expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
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