S.I. No. 317/1952 - Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952.

S.I. No. 317 of 1952.

COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE (SALARIES OF OFFICERS) REGULATIONS, 1952.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 27 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), that the Minister for Agriculture may by regulations made under the said section prescribe the scales of salaries for the various classes of officers employed by committees of agriculture :

NOW, I, THOMAS WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 27 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby make the following regulations, that is to say :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1952.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1949 ( S.I. No. 232 of 1949 ), and the Committees of Agriculture (Salaries of Officers) Regulations, 1949 (Amendment) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 207 of 1951 ), are hereby revoked.

4. The scales of salaries for such classes of officers of committees of agriculture as are specified in the Schedule hereto shall be in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.

SCHEDULE

SCALES OF SALARIES OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY COMMITTEES OF AGRICULTURE.

PART I.

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.

Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Agriculture ;

the word " committee " means a committee of agriculture ;

the word " existing " in relation to an officer of a committee means a person who is an officer of a committee on the date of the making of these regulations ;

the word " salary " shall be construed as meaning, in relation to any officer of a committee, annual salary exclusive of any allowance for cost of subsistence, hotel expenses and travelling.

(2) Where a person, who was an officer of a committee (in this sub-paragraph referred to as the abolished committee) appointed under the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, by the council of a county or of such council in relation to or for the purposes of functions, powers and duties performed by such council through such committee, was transferred to a committee of agriculture by section 43 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), the service of such person under the abolished committee shall for the purposes of this Schedule be treated as service with such committee of agriculture.

(3) Service of an officer with a committee shall for the purposes of this Schedule include service of such officer with such committee before the date of the making of these regulations.

General provisions in relation to increments.

2. The following provisions shall have effect in relation to increments of salaries of officers of committees under this Schedule—

(a) no increment shall be granted by a committee to any officer without the written approval of the Minister ;

(b) any increment or increments authorised by this Schedule to be granted to an officer of a committee may be withheld if the service of such officer is not in the opinion of the committee or the Minister satisfactory ;

(c) any increment or increments granted to an officer of a committee may be withdrawn if the service of such officer is not in the opinion of the committee or the Minister satisfactory.

Increase of initial salary in certain cases.

3.—(1) Where—

(a) an appointment to any office to which this paragraph applies is made by a committee (in this paragraph referred to as the appointing committee), and

(b) the person appointed to such office (in this paragraph referred to as the said office) held previous to such appointment one or more of the following, that is to say—

(i) an office similar to the said office under a committee, or

(ii) an office under the Minister, or

(iii) an appointment specially approved by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph,

the appointing committee may, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, fix the initial salary of such person at an incremental point higher than the minimum salary under this Schedule for the said office and for this purpose the appointing committee may take into account and have regard to the period or periods during which such person held one or more of the following, that is to say, the offices mentioned at (i) and (ii) or the appointment mentioned at (iii) of this sub-paragraph.

(2) Where the person appointed to the said office held immediately prior to such appointment an office (in this sub-paragraph referred to as the previous office) under a committee the initial salary to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph by the appointing committee shall not be lower than the salary of such person in respect of the previous office immediately prior to his appointment to the said office.

(3) A committee shall not exercise the power conferred by this paragraph unless—

(a) such committee has obtained the prior sanction of the Minister for the exercise of such power, and

(b) notice of intention to exercise the said power has been given in such manner as the Minister may direct to all prospective candidates for the office in respect of which the said power is proposed to be exercised, and

(c) the sanction of the Minister for the actual initial salary proposed has been obtained.

(4) This paragraph applies to each of the following offices under a committee, namely—

(a) the office of Chief Agricultural Officer,

(b) the office of Instructor in Agriculture,

(c) the office of Instructor in Horticulture and Bee-keeping,

(d) the office of Instructor in Poultry-keeping and Butter-making.

PART II.

SCALES OF SALARIES.

Provisions in relation to certain existing officers.

4.—(1) The following officers, that is to say, every existing Chief Agricultural Officer, Instructor in Agriculture, Instructor in Horticulture and Bee-keeping, Instructor in Poultry-keeping and Butter-making and Clerical Assistant to a Chief Agricultural Officer, of or employed by a committee shall enter on the scale of salary prescribed by this Part of this Schedule in relation to such officer, at such point as the Minister may direct.

(2) An officer of a committee shall not proceed or be allowed to proceed on the scale of salary prescribed by this Part of this Schedule in relation to such officer further than the point reached at the incremental date immediately preceding the date on which such officer attained the age of sixty-five years.

Chief Agricultural Officers.

5. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the scale of salary for Chief Agricultural Officers shall be £675—£27—£1,125 per annum.

Instructors in Agriculture.

6. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the scale of salary for Instructors in Agriculture shall be £425—£27—£875, per annum.

Instructors in Horticulture and Bee-keeping.

7. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the scale of salary for Instructors in Horticulture and Bee-keeping shall be £380—£25—£750, per annum.

Instructors in Poultry-keeping and Butter-making.

8. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the scale of salary for Instructors in Poultry-keeping and Butter-making shall be £350—£22—£580, per annum.

Clerical Assistants to Chief Agricultural Officers.

9. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this Schedule, the scale of salary for Clerical Assistance to Chief Agricultural Officers shall be as follows—

for male officers £300—£16—£500, per annum,

and for female officers £280—£15—£450, per annum.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of November, 1952.

THOMAS WALSH,

Minister for Agriculture.