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Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959

In short

This law amends the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act of 1945 to allow the Johnstown Castle Estate to be transferred to An Foras Talúntais, an institute for agricultural research. It also expands the permitted uses of the Estate to include agricultural research.

What it regulates

  • The transfer of the Johnstown Castle Estate to An Foras Talúntais.
  • The conditions under which An Foras Talúntais will hold the Estate.
  • The permitted uses of the Estate, extending them to include agricultural research.
  • Restrictions on demolition and alterations to Johnstown Castle and its entrances.

Who it concerns

  • An Foras Talúntais (the Institute).
  • The Minister for Agriculture.
  • Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin, the original donors of the Estate.
  • The existing Nurse residing in the Gate Lodge at Rathaspick.

Key points

  • The Estate shall be used exclusively for a lay agricultural college, with this purpose extended to include agricultural research.
  • The Estate will continue to be known as "Johnstown Castle Agricultural College" and its name shall not be changed.
  • No further demolition or exterior structural alterations of Johnstown Castle, or alterations to the crenellated entrances, shall be undertaken unless maintenance is no longer practicable, and only after notifying Maurice Victor Lakin.
  • No construction within view of Johnstown Castle or its main avenues shall be undertaken unless designed in harmony with the Castle's style.
Legal text
Legal text

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1959 Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959 Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 30 of 1959. JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Definitions. 2. Vesting of the Estate in the Institute. 3. User of the Estate. 4. Name of the Estate. 5. Provisions in relation to the Gate Lodge at Rathaspick. 6. Restrictions on demolition of Johnstown Castle, etc. 7. Application of sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Act of 1945. 8. Transfer of certain obligations of the Minister to the Institute. 9. Non-application of Section 14

(3)of the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958, to the Estate.
  1. Transfer of chattels on the Estate to the Institute.
  2. Exemption from stamp duties.
  3. Repeals.
  4. Expenses of the Minister.
  5. Short title and commencement. SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. Acts Referred to Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act, 1945 1945, No. 33 Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958 1958, No. 1 Number 30 of
  6. JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) ACT,
  7. AN ACT TO ENABLE THE JOHNSTOWN CASTLE ESTATE TO BE VESTED IN AN FORAS TALUNTAIS, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON WHICH THAT ESTATE IS TO BE HELD BY AN FORAS TALUNTAIS, TO AMEND THE JOHNSTOWN CASTLE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ACT, 1945 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [24th November, 1959.] WHEREAS by an indenture made on the 28th day of November, 1944, between Dorothy Violet Jefferies of the first part Maurice Victor Lakin of the second part and the Minister for Agriculture of the third part and registered in the Registry of Deeds on the 22nd day of November, 1945, in Book 43, No. 86, after reciting that the said Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin were desirous of presenting the property described in the Schedule thereto to the Nation as a free gift, and reciting that the Government had duly intimated their willingness to accept the said gift on behalf of the Nation and that it was agreed that the said property should be conveyed by the said Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin to the Minister for Agriculture to be held subject to the provisions and conditions thereinafter contained, it was witnessed that the said property was conveyed and assigned to the Minister for Agriculture subject to the provisions therein contained, including a provision that the said property should be used by the State exclusively for the purpose of a lay agricultural college and for no other purpose whatever and subject also to the condition that the presents now in recital were conditional upon acceptance of the said intended gift by the Oireachtas and the enactment of legislation to give effect to same: AND WHEREAS by section 2 of the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act, 1945 , the generous gift by the said Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin of the said property to the Nation for the purposes of a lay agricultural college was gratefully accepted, and the Minister for Agriculture was authorised to execute the said indenture and to take and hold in accordance with the said Act, the estate conveyed to him by the said indenture: AND WHEREAS An Foras Talúntais was established by the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958 , as an institute for agricultural research: AND WHEREAS the transfer of the said property to An Foras Talúntais and the extension of the purposes for which it might be used so as to include agricultural research would tend to the advancement of agricultural science and would increase the usefulness of the property: AND WHEREAS the said Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin have generously consented to such transfer and extension subject to the conditions specified in this Act: BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACÍHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions. 1.—In this Act— “the Act of 1945” means the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act, 1945 ; “the Agreement of 1944” means the Agreement made on the 28th day of December, 1944, between Dorothy Violet Jefferies and Maurice Victor Lakin of the one part and the Minister of the other part, a copy of which said agreement is set forth in the First Schedule to the Act of 1945; “the Conveyance of 1944” means the indenture made on the 28th day of November, 1944, between Dorothy Violet Jefferies of the first part, Maurice Victor Lakin of the second part and the Minister of the third part and registered in the Registry of Deeds, Dublin on the 22nd day of November, 1945 in Book 43, No. 86, a copy of which said Indenture (undated) is set forth in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1945; “the Estate” means the property commonly known as Johnstown Castle and Demesne and described in the Schedule to the Conveyance of 1944; “the Institute” means An Foras Talúntais; “the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture; “the operative date” means the date fixed by order of the Minister for the coming into operation of this Act. Vesting of the Estate in the Institute. 2.—On the operative date the Estate shall, by virtue of this section, vest in the Institute for all the interest therein which immediately before the operative date was vested in the Minister. User of the Estate. 3.—The Estate shall be used exclusively for the purpose of a lay agricultural college, which purpose is hereby extended so as to include the conduct of agricultural research, and for no other purpose whatever, and the Act of 1945, the Agreement of 1944 and the Conveyance of 1944 shall be construed accordingly. Name of the Estate. 4.—The Estate shall continue to be known and described by the name of “Johnstown Castle Agricultural College” and such name shall not be changed. Provisions in relation to the Gate Lodge at Rathaspick. 5.—
(1)In this section— “the existing Nurse” means the person who immediately before the operative date holds the position of District Jubilee Nurse and is entitled by virtue of section 5 of the Act of 1945 to reside in the Gate Lodge free of rent; “the Gate Lodge” means the Gate Lodge at Rathaspick on the Estate.
(2)The existing Nurse shall be entitled during her life to reside in the Gate Lodge free of rent.
(3)The Gate Lodge while occupied by the existing Nurse shall be exempt from assessment for any rate made by a local authority.
(4)The Institute shall keep the Gate Lodge in good order, repair and condition while it is occupied by the existing Nurse. Restrictions on demolition of Johnstown Castle, etc. 6.—
(1)No further demolition of Johnstown Castle or exterior structural alterations thereof shall be undertaken and no alteration to the crenellated entrances to the Estate shall be made, unless, with the passage of time, it should be found necessary to undertake such demolition or alterations because the maintenance of the structures would be no longer practicable, in which case, no such demolition or alterations shall be made until Maurice Victor Lakin shall have been notified of the proposal to do so and has been afforded an opportunity of making representations.
(2)No construction shall be undertaken within a view of Johnstown Castle or of the main avenues which is not designed in harmony with the style of the said Castle. Application of sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Act of 1945. 7.—Sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Act of 1945 shall continue on and after the operative date to apply in respect of the Estate, subject to the modification that the reference in the said section 8 to the Minister for Agriculture shall be construed as a reference to the Institute. Transfer of certain obligations of the Minister to the Institute. 8.—The obligations imposed on the Minister by clauses 2 and 3 of the Inventory marked “A” and referred to in clause 10 (c) of the Agreement of 1944 (which said Inventory relates to employees and pensioners at Johnstown Castle) shall on and after the operative date cease to be the obligations of the Minister and become and be the obligations of the Institute, save that the obligation to pay a pension to any employee who retired before the operative date shall continue on and after the operative date to be discharged by the Minister. Non-application of section 14
(3)of the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958, to the Estate. 9.—Subsection
(3)of section 14 of the Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958 , shall not apply in respect of the Estate. Transfer of chattels on the Estate to the Institute. 10.—Such chattels, the property of the State on the Estate, as may be specified by the Minister after consultation with the Institute, shall be delivered to and become the property of the Institute, on such date as may be agreed upon by the Minister and the Institute. Exemption from stamp duties. 11.—Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895, shall not operate so as to require the Institute to deliver to the Revenue Commissioners a copy of this Act or to pay any stamp duty under that section on a copy of this Act. Repeals. 12.—The enactments specified in column
(2)of the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column
(3)of the said Schedule. Expenses of the Minister. 13.—The 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. Short title and commencement. 14.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959.
(2)This Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister. SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. Section 12. Number and Year
(1)Short Title
(2)Extent of Repeal
(3)No. 33 of
  1. Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act, 1945 . Sections 3 and 5 . No. 25 of
  2. State Property Act,
  3. Paragraph 6 of the First Schedule. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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