In short
This law amends and expands the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act of 1959, primarily by increasing financial limits for the company and outlining new provisions for advances to fund worker housing.
What it regulates
- The maximum amount the Minister for Finance can subscribe in shares for the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited.
- The aggregate amount of grants that can be made to the Company.
- The terms for making advances from the Central Fund to the Company for worker dwellings.
- The payment of interest and repayment of these advances.
Who it concerns
- The Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited.
- The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Transport and Power.
- Workers employed on the industrial estate at Shannon Free Airport, specifically regarding housing provisions.
Key points
- The maximum share subscription by the Minister for Finance is increased from one and one-half million pounds to three million pounds.
- The aggregate amount of grants to the Company is set not to exceed one million and two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
- The Minister for Finance may make advances to the Company for one-half of the expenditure on worker dwellings, up to an aggregate amount of four hundred thousand pounds.
- The Company must pay interest on these advances at a rate appointed by the Minister for Finance, and repay them through half-yearly payments over a period determined by the Minister for Finance.
đ Legal text
Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1961
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Number 31 of 1961.
SHANNON FREE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1961.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Amendment of section 2 of the Principal Act.
3.
Amendment of section 8 of the Principal Act.
4.
Advances to the Company out of the Central Fund.
5.
Provision of moneys for advances out of the Central Fund.
6.
Payment of interest on advances.
7.
Repayment of advances.
8.
Short title and collective citation.
Acts Referred to
Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act, 1959
1959, No. 36
Number 31 of 1961.
SHANNON FREE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1961.
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE
SHANNON FREE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED ACT, 1959
. [9th August, 1961.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:â
Interpretation.
1.â(1) In this Actâ
âthe Principal Actâ means the
Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act, 1959
;
âthe Housing Actsâ means the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1960;
âthe Ministerâ means the Minister for Transport and Power.
(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act.
Amendment of section 2 of the Principal Act.
2.âSo much of section 2 of the Principal Act as provides that the aggregate of the amounts which the Minister for Finance may subscribe under that section in taking up shares of the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (hereinafter called the Company) shall not exceed one and one-half million pounds is hereby repealed, and, in lieu thereof, it is hereby enacted that the aggregate of the amounts so subscribed shall not exceed three million pounds.
Amendment of section 8 of the Principal Act.
3.âSubsection (2) of section 8 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, it is hereby enacted that the aggregate amount of grants to be made to the Company under that section shall not exceed one million and two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
Advances to the Company out of the Central Fund.
4.â(1) The Minister for Finance may from time to time, subject to the provisions of this section, make advances to the Company out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof to meet one-half of the expenditure by the Company on the provision of dwellings for workers employed on the industrial estate established at the airport.
(2) For the purposes of this section the amount of the expenditure of the Company on the provision of workers' dwellings shall be calculated after deduction of the amount of any grants received by the Company under the Housing Acts in respect of the provision of such dwellings.
(3) The aggregate amount of advances under this section shall not exceed four hundred thousand pounds.
Provision of moneys for advances out of the Central Fund.
5.âSubsections (2) and (3) of section 3 of the Principal Act shall apply to the provision of moneys for the sums advanced out of the Central Fund under the immediately preceding section of this Act as they apply to the provision of moneys for the sums advanced out of the Central Fund under subsection (1) of the said section 3 of the Principal Act.
Payment of interest on advances.
6.â(1) The Company shall pay to the Minister for Finance on every sum advanced to the Company out of the Central Fund under
section 4
of this Act interest from the date of the advance of the sum until the sum is repaid at such rate as shall from time to time be appointed by the Minister for Finance in respect of the sum, and the interest shall be so paid by half-yearly payments on such days in every year as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time appoint.
(2) If the Company fails to pay to the Minister for Finance any interest payable by it under this section at the time appointed in that behalf under this section, the Company shall pay to the Minister for Finance interest at the rate appointed by the said Minister on the interest so unpaid from the time appointed as aforesaid until the unpaid interest is paid.
(3) All interest paid to the Minister for Finance by the Company under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.
Repayment of advances.
7.â(1) For the purpose of providing for the repayment by the Company of the advances made to it out of the Central Fund under
section 4
of this Act, the Company shall make to the Minister for Finance half-yearly payments commencing on such date, and continuing for such number of years and being of such amounts and payable at such times as the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, shall appoint, and different dates, numbers of years, amounts, and times may be so appointed in respect of different portions of the advances.
(2) The several half-yearly payments to be made to the Minister for Finance by the Company under this section shall be applied by the said Minister as sinking funds for the repayment of the several portions of the advances in respect of which the half-yearly payments are made and when the Company has paid to the said Minister the full number of half-yearly payments appointed under this section in respect of any portion of the advances (together with any interest which may have become payable under this section in respect of any of the half-yearly payments) that portion of the advances shall be deemed to be fully repaid by the Company, without prejudice to the liability of the Company for any interest then unpaid in respect of that portion of the advances.
(3) If the Company fails to pay to the Minister for Finance any half-yearly payment or portion of a half-yearly payment payable by it to the said Minister under this section at the time appointed in that behalf under this section, the Company shall pay to the said Minister on the half-yearly payment or portion of a half-yearly payment interest at such rate as shall from time to time be appointed by the said Minister in respect thereof from the time appointed as aforesaid until the payment or portion is paid.
(4) All moneys paid by the Company to the Minister for Finance under this section in repayment of advances shall be paid into the Exchequer.
(5) All sums paid by the Company to the Minister for Finance under this section on foot of interest shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.
Short title and collective citation.
8.â(1) This Act may be cited as the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1961.
(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Acts, 1959 and 1961.
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