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Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1943

In short

This law amends previous Vocational Education Acts, primarily by detailing how certain travel expenses for members of vocational education committees and sub-committees are to be paid. It also establishes penalties for making false statements to obtain these payments.

What it regulates

  • The defrayment of locomotion expenses for members of vocational education committees and their sub-committees.
  • Conditions under which these expenses can be paid, including distance and amount limits.
  • Penalties for making false statements to obtain payments under this Act.
  • The cessation of application of a specific section and schedule of the Vocational Education Act, 1930, for meetings held after a certain date.

Who it concerns

  • Members of vocational education committees for county vocational education areas.
  • Members of sub-committees of such vocational education committees.

Key points

  • Expenses are defrayed for travel to and from meetings held after June 30th, 1943.
  • No expenses are paid for meetings held less than five miles from a person's ordinary place of residence.
  • The amount paid for expenses cannot exceed what would reasonably have been incurred for travel to and from the meeting place from the ordinary place of residence.
  • Making a false statement to obtain payment can result in a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, and disqualification from holding certain public offices.
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 1943 Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1943 Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1943 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 19 of 1943. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1943. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Defrayment of certain travelling expenses. 2. False statement for purpose of obtaining payment under this Act. 3. Cesser of application of section 22 of Vocational Education Act, 1930, and Second Schedule thereto. 4. Short title, construction, and collective citation. Act Referred to Vocational Education Act, 1930 No. 29 of 1930 Number 19 of 1943. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1943. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS, 1930 AND 1936. [2nd June, 1943.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Defrayment of certain travelling expenses. 1.—

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, a vocational education committee for a county vocational education area shall defray the expenses of locomotion incurred— (
  1. a)by each of its members in travelling to and from meetings of such committee held after the 30th day of June, 1943, and (
  2. b)by a member of a sub-committee of such committee in travelling to and from meetings of such sub-committee held after the 30th day of June, 1943.
(2)No person shall be paid under this section expenses in respect of a meeting held at a place less than five miles by any route from his ordinary place of residence.
(3)The amount of the expenses paid under this section to a person in respect of a meeting shall not exceed the amount of the expenses of locomotion which would reasonably have been incurred by him in travelling from and to his ordinary place of residence to and from the place of that meeting.
(4)No person shall be paid under this section expenses in respect of meetings of a sub-committee unless the Minister, on the application of the vocational education committee by whom that sub-committee was appointed, authorise the payment under this section of expenses to members of that sub-committee.
(5)A claim, for payment under this section of expenses shall be made in writing and the Minister, if he so thinks fit, may direct the form to be used in making such claim. False statement for purpose of obtaining payment under this Act. 2.—
(1)A person who knowingly makes or allows to be made a false statement for the purpose of obtaining a payment under this Act for himself or another shall be guilty of an offence under this section, and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(2)A person who is convicted of an offence under this section shall thereafter be disqualified from being elected or being a member of a vocational education committee or a sub-committee thereof, or of a body which is a local authority for any of the purposes of the Local Government Acts, 1925 to 1941, or of a council established by law in respect of a county or other borough or a committee of such council, and shall also be disqualified from holding an office or employment under a vocational education committee or such a body, council, or committee as aforesaid. Cesser of application of section 22 of Vocational Education Act, 1930, and Second Schedule thereto. 3.— Section 22 of the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930), and the Second Schedule to that Act shall not apply in relation to a meeting held after the 30th day of June, 1943, of a vocational education committee for a county vocational education area or of a sub-committee thereof. Short title, construction, and collective citation. 4.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1943.
(2)The Vocational Education Acts, 1930 and 1936, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.
(3)The Vocational Education Acts, 1930 and 1936, and this Act may be cited together as the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1943. 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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