Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1931
What is this act about?
This law provides for the application of money from the Oireachtas to give additional relief from rates on agricultural land. It specifically increases an existing agricultural grant to help reduce the financial burden on agricultural landowners.
Who it applies to: The Minister for Finance, who is responsible for making the grant; The councils of counties (excluding county boroughs), which receive and apportion the grant.
At a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Area of law
- Environment and agriculture
- Articles
- 3
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What does this act regulate?
- The provision of an additional grant for the relief of rates on agricultural land.
- The amount of this additional grant, which is £750,000 annually.
- How this additional grant is to be apportioned among county councils.
- The application of the Principal Act (Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1925) to this new additional grant.
Who does this act apply to?
- The Minister for Finance, who is responsible for making the grant.
- The councils of counties (excluding county boroughs), which receive and apportion the grant.
What are the key points?
- An "additional supplementary grant" of £750,000 will be provided annually by the Oireachtas, starting from the financial year beginning April 1, 1931.
- This grant is an increase over and above the existing supplementary grant under the Principal Act.
- The grant is payable to the councils of counties (other than county boroughs).
- One moiety (half) of the grant is apportioned based on the respective populations of the counties according to the 1926 census, and the other moiety is apportioned in the same way as the agricultural grant under the Principal Act.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND) ACT, 1931.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section
Section 1
Definitions.
Section 2
Additional increase of the agricultural grant.
Section 3
Short title.
Act Referred to Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1925 No. 35 of 1925 Number 28 of 1931.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND) ACT, 1931.
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE APPLICATION OF MONEYS WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE OIREACHTAS FOR THE ADDITIONAL RELIEF OF RATES ON AGRICULTURAL LAND. [29th July, 1931.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions.
1.—In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1925 (No. 35 of 1925); and the expressions “agricultural grant” and “supplementary grant” have the same meanings as they respectively have in the Principal Act.
Additional increase of the agricultural grant.
2.—(1) The Minister for Finance shall, in the financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1931, and in every subsequent financial year, make, by way of increase of the agricultural grant over and above the supplementary grant under the Principal Act, a grant (in this Act referred to as the additional supplementary grant) of £750,000 (seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds) to be provided for the purpose in such financial year by the Oireachtas.
Short title.
3.—This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Rates on Agricultural Land) Act, 1931.
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