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AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - LONG TITLE

An Act for establishing a Department of Agriculture and other
Industries and Technical Instruction in Ireland, and for other
purposes connected therewith.{1}
[9th August 1899]
PART I$$A

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 2
Powers and duties of Agricultural Department.

2.(1) There shall be transferred to the Department at such dates
respectively as the Lord Lieutenant by Order appoints

Para.(a) rep. by SLR 1976; para.(b) rep. by SLR 1908; 1967 c.28
(NI) s.7 sch.; para.(c) rep. by SLR 1976

(d)The powers and duties of the Irish Land Commission under the
Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts, 1887 and 1891;

Paras.(e)(f) rep. by SLR 1976

(g)The powers and duties of the Department of Science and Art in
relation to any public building or institution in Ireland under
their control, and also any property in Ireland held by or for the
purposes of that Department;

Para.(h) rep. by SLR 1976

(i)The powers and duties of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1976

S.3 rep. by SLR 1908; 1966 c.17 (NI) s.211 sch.8. S.4 rep. by SRO
1922/183, 235 (Rev. vol. XVI pp.1000, 1017)

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 5
Power of Department in relation to inquiries, experiments, &c.

5. The Department may make, or cause to be made, or aid in making
such inquiries, experiments, and research, and collect, or aid in
collecting, such information as they may think important for the
purposes of agriculture and other rural industries.

S.6 rep. by SRO 1922/183, 352 (Rev. vol. XVI pp.1000, 1017)

Ss.717 rep. by SRO 1922/183, 352 (Rev. vol. XVI pp.1000, 1017) ;
1949 c.2 (NI) s.44 sch.3; SLR 1976

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 19
Reports of Department.

19.Subs.(1) rep. by 1949 c.2 (NI) s.44 sch.3; subs.(2) rep. by 1972
NI 16 art.63(3) sch.19

(3) The council of every urban district may, in addition to any
existing power, raise ... a sum not exceeding in any one local
financial year a sum equal to a rate of one penny in the pound
on the rateable value of the urban district at the beginning of
that year, and may apply the same for the purposes of technical
instruction, or for any other purpose for which they are authorised
by or in pursuance of this Act to expend money.

(4) No money shall be applied under this section save

(a)in accordance with the provisions of a scheme approved by the
Department; or

(b)for defraying any administrative or incidental expenses incurred,
with the approval of the Department, for the purposes of this Act.

Subs.(5) rep. by 1972 c.9 (NI) s.149 sch.9

Ss.2024 rep. by SRO 1922/183, 352 (Rev. vol. XVI pp.1000, 1017).
S.25 rep. by SLR 1976

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 26
Construction of Acts and documents.

26. The Department shall once in every year, as soon as possible
after the close of the financial year, make reports to the Lord
Lieutenant as to their proceedings under this Act, and all such
reports shall be laid before Parliament.

S.27 rep. by SRO 1922/183, 352 (Rev. vol. XVI pp.1000, 1017). S.28
rep. by SLR 1976

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 29
Definitions.

29.(1) All enactments, orders, instruments, contracts, and other
documents relating to any powers or duties transferred by or in
pursuance of this Act from any authority to the Department shall,
so far as circumstances admit, be construed as if any reference
therein to the said authority, so far as it relates to the said
powers and duties referred to the Department, and shall be construed
with such modifications as may be necessary for carrying this Act
into effect, and any act or thing which, but for this Act might
have been done by, to, or before any such authority, for the
purpose of, or in connexion with the said powers and duties may be
done by, to, or before the Department.

(2) The expression "authority" in this section means the Department
of Science and Art, the Lord Lieutenant (whether acting alone or by
the advice of the Privy Council), the Chief Secretary, the Under
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, the Irish Land Commission, the
Registrar-General for Ireland, the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries, the
Board of National Education, and any other Government Department, or
board of commissioners whose powers or duties are transferred by or
in pursuance of this Act.

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 30
Short title and extent of Act.

30.(1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires:

The expression "the purposes of agriculture and other rural
industries" includes the aiding, improving, and developing of
agriculture, horticulture, forestry, dairying, the breeding of horses,
cattle and other live stock and poultry, home and cottage
industries, the cultivation and preparation of flax, [inland
fisheries], and any industries immediately connected with and
subservient to any of the said matters and any instruction relating
thereto, and shall also include the aiding or facilitating of the
carriage and distribution of produce:

PS0800[The expression "the purposes of sea fisheries" includes the
construction of piers and harbours, the supply of fishing boats and
gear, investigation into the habits of fish and methods of fishing,
instruction in fishing, the encouragement of any industries
immediately connected with and subservient to fishing, the supervision
and protection of fishing grounds, and the enforcement of byelaws
relating to fishing:]

Definition rep. by 1923 c.21 (NI) s.110(2) sch.6

The expression "rateable value," when used in relation to any area,
means the annual rateable value under the Irish Valuation Acts of
the hereditaments comprised in such area:

Definition rep. by SLR 1976

The expression "powers" includes rights, jurisdiction, capacities,
privileges, and immunities:

The expression "duties" includes responsibilities and obligations:

Definitions rep. by SLR 1976

Subs.(2) rep. by 1966 c.17 (NI) s.211 sch.8

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 31
Saving of existing orders, byelaws, &c.

31. This Act may be cited as the Agriculture and Technical
Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, and shall extend to Ireland only.

S.32 rep. by SLR 1908. S.33 rep. by SLR 1976

AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (IRELAND) ACT 1899 - SECT 34

34. All Orders in Council of the Lord Lieutenant in relation to
the powers and duties transferred by this Act and all byelaws,
orders, rules, regulations and definitions of the Inspectors of Irish
Fisheries in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue
in force until revoked or altered by the Department.

S.35 rep. by SLR 1908

First Schedule rep. by 1966 c.17 (NI) s.211 sch.8. Second Schedule
rep. by SLR 1908