Neutrality (War Damage To Property) Act, 1941
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Contribution by local authorities to compensation under this Act. |
16.—(1) As soon as may be after the end of every financial year ending after the passing of this Act, the Minister shall ascertain the amount of compensation under this Act paid by him in that financial year and shall send to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health a certificate stating the amount so ascertained. | |
(2) Where the Minister is ascertaining under sub-section (1) of this section the amount of compensation under this Act paid by him in any financial year, he shall include in the said amount any deductions from compensation made by him in such year and authorised by section 14 of this Act and any payments made by him in such year under paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 18 or sub-section (2) of section 19 of this Act and any payments made by him in such year under paragraph (e) of sub-section (2) of section 20 of this Act. | ||
(3) Where the Minister is ascertaining under sub-section (1) of this section the amount of compensation under this Act paid by him in the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1942, he may include in such amount any sum paid by him before the passing of this Act (whether before or after the 31st day of March, 1941) which purported to be a payment on account of compensation in respect of an injury to which this Act applies. | ||
(4) Upon receipt of any such certificate as is mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall by order assess one-fourth of the amount stated in such certificate on the several counties and county boroughs in proportion to the annual value under the Valuation Acts of the property rateable for poor rate in such counties or for the municipal rate in such county boroughs respectively and shall send a copy of such order to the council of every county and the corporation of every county borough. | ||
(5) The council of every county and the corporation of every county borough shall pay to the Minister the amount assessed on such county or county borough (as the case may be) by any order under the next preceding sub-section of this section and shall raise the amount so to be paid, in the case of the council of a county, equally over the whole county by means of the poor rate or, in the case of a county borough, by means of the municipal rate. | ||
(6) Where an amount assessed as aforesaid on any county or county borough exceeds the sum which would be raised by means, in the case of a county, of a poor rate of sixpence in the pound equally over the whole county or, in the case of a county borough, by means of a municipal rate of sixpence in the pound, the amount payable to the Minister by the council of such county or the corporation of such county borough (as the case may be) under this section in respect of such assessment shall be reduced to the sum which would be so raised by such rate of sixpence in the pound. | ||
(7) All moneys paid to the Minister by the corporation of a county borough or the council of a county in pursuance of this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister may direct. | ||
(8) Where any money is payable under this section to the Minister by the council of a county or the corporation of a county borough— | ||
(a) such money may, in default of payment by such council or corporation, be deducted from any money payable to such council or corporation (as the case may be) by any Minister for any purpose whatsoever, | ||
(b) such deduction shall, in the case of money payable out of the Local Taxation (Ireland) Account, be made subject and without prejudice to the claims of the guarantee fund under the Land Purchase Acts, and | ||
(c) the amount of such deduction shall be paid to the Minister in discharge of the sum so in default and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister may direct. | ||
(9) The borough of Dun Laoghaire shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be a county borough and not to be part of the county of Dublin and this section shall have effect in respect of that borough and that county accordingly. |