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Remuneration and expense of gas referees.
am. 24/1924 A.12
am. 24/1924 A.12
55 & 56 Vict. c. 40
am. 24/1924 A.12
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7.—(1) The salaries, remuneration, pensions, and gratuities of the chief gas examiner and the gas referees and their assistants shall be such as the Board of Trade with the consent of the Treasury may fix.
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(2) (a) Any such salaries, remuneration, pensions, or gratuities; and
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(b) any expenses of the chief gas examiner and the gas referees in the execution of their duties or powers under this Act; and
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(c) any expenses of the Board of Trade which in the opinion of the Treasury are directly attributable to the execution of their powers and duties under this Act;
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shall be paid out of the fund established under this section;
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Provided that during the first two years after the passing of this Act the expenditure for the purposes aforesaid shall to the extent that may be necessary be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament, but such payments shall be treated as advances, and shall be repaid out of that fund, with interest at such rate and by such instalments, as the Treasury may fix, in the next three succeeding years.
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(3) Any undertakers with respect to whom an order under this Act has been made, shall, on or before the first day of April in each year, pay to a fund (to be called the gas fund) a contribution not being at the rate of more than three shillings for each million cubic feet of gas sold by them in the preceeding year, and the Treasury may determine that that fund shall be a public fund within the meaning of the Superannuation Act, 1892.
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(4) The Board of Trade shall, not later than the fifteenth day of January in each year, prescribe the rate at which such contribution shall be payable for that year (which shall not exceed the rate reasonably required to meet the estimated expenditure for the year), and the manner in which and the account to which the contribution shall be paid, and the amount payable by the undertakers shall be a debt due by the undertakers to the Crown, and shall be recoverable accordingly with costs.
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(5) The Board of Trade shall, as soon as may be after the thirty-first day of March in every year, cause the accounts of the gas fund for the preceding year to be laid before Parliament.
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Forfeiture and Penalties.
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