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Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1953

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This law amends previous Vocational Education Acts, primarily by adjusting the financial contributions from local authorities to vocational education committees and introducing children's allowances for certain teachers and their widows.

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Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1953 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge LĂ©im go dtĂ­ an t-ĂĄbhar SĂ©anadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General TĂĄirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris OifigiĂșil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.ie) Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile ReachtaĂ­ocht Achtanna an Oireachtais IonstraimĂ­ ReachtĂșla ReachtaĂ­ocht RĂ©amh-1922 Bunreacht AcmhainnĂ­ Seachtracha BillĂ­ (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris OifigiĂșil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An CoimisiĂșn um AthchĂłiriĂș an DlĂ­) Liosta Rangaithe ReachtaĂ­ochta AistriĂșchĂĄin (achtanna.ie) AistriĂșchĂĄin (Tithe an Oireachtais) FoilseachĂĄin Rialtais ar DĂ­ol DlĂ­ AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) SĂ©anadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(s) or rangeBliain nĂł blianta nĂł raon TypeCineĂĄl All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1953 Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1953 Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1953 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de rĂ©ir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht IomlĂĄn Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRĂ­ arna ndĂ©anamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontĂĄil an tAcht IomlĂĄn Number 37 of 1953. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1953. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Increase of maximum annual liability of rating authorities. 2. Children's allowances for retired teachers and teachers' widows. 3. Children's allowance and rent allowance not pensionable remuneration. 4. Short title, collective citation and construction. Acts Referred to Vocational Education Act, 1930 No. 29 of 1930 Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1950 No. 33 of 1950 Number 37 of 1953. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1953. AN ACT TO AMEND THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS, 1930 TO 1950. [23rd December, 1953.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Increase of maximum annual liability of rating authorities. 1.—(1) The amount of the annual local contribution payable by the rating authority to a vocational education committee in respect of a local financial year commencing on or after the 1st day of April, 1954, shall not exceed a sum (in this Act referred to as the maximum annual liability) equal to a rate of— (a) in the case of the vocational education committees for the county borough of Dublin, the boroughs of Sligo and Drogheda, the urban district of Tralee and the counties of Cork and Longford, eighteen pence in the pound, (b) in every other case, fifteen pence in the pound, on the rateable value of the area of charge at the commencement of the immediately preceding local financial year. (2) Subsection (2A) of section 43 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Vocational Education Act, 1930 (No. 29 of 1930) (inserted therein by section 2 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1950 (No. 33 of 1950)), are hereby repealed. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1953. Children's allowances for retired teachers and teachers' widows. 2.—(1) A vocational education committee may pay children's allowances, at such rates and subject to such conditions as the Minister for Education with the consent of the Minister for Finance may determine, in respect of children of retired or deceased teachers whose salary was differentiated on a marriage basis. (2) Allowances may be paid under this section in respect of periods beginning on or after the 1st day of October, 1952. Children's allowance and rent allowance not pensionable remuneration. 3.—To remove doubts, it is hereby declared that children's allowances and allowances in aid of rent paid to a teacher by a vocational education committee are not reckonable as salary or emoluments for the purposes of the enactments relating to the superannuation of such teachers. Short title, collective citation and construction. 4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1953. (2) The Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1950, and this Act may be cited together as the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1953. (3) The Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1950, and this Act shall be construed as one. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License RĂĄiteas PrĂ­obhĂĄideachais Inrochtaineacht AitheantĂłir Eorpach ReachtaĂ­ochta (ELI) CeadĂșnas SonraĂ­ Oscailte Liosta FianĂĄn © Government of Ireland. 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