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SEA FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACT 1883
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CHAPTER XXVI.
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An Act to promote the Sea Fisheries of Ireland. [2nd August 1883.]
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[Preamble.]
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Short title of Act.
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1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Sea Fisheries Act, 1883.
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[S. 2 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]
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Creation of Sea Fisheries Fund.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 71.
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3. The Irish Land Commission shall from time to time when required by the Commissioners of Public Works, out of the funds which they may raise on the security of their annual income under the Irish Church Act Amendment Act, 1881, pay over to the Commissioners of Public Works such sums, not exceeding in all the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, as the Commissioners may require for the purposes of this Act, and as the Treasury may sanction.
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The sums so paid over to the Commissioners of Public Works are in this Act referred to as the Sea Fisheries Fund.
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Extension of Irish Church Act.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 42.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 71.
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4. The several provisions of the Irish Church Act, 1869, as amended by the Irish Church Act Amendment Act, 1881, with respect to the raising of money by the Irish Land Commission, and the giving of security for the repayment thereof, and of interest thereon, and with respect to the power of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to make advances to the said Irish Land Commission, and with respect to the powers of the Treasury in relation to the money so to be raised, shall be extended and shall apply to the purposes of this Act as fully as such provisions apply to the purposes of the Irish Church Act, 1869, as so amended as aforesaid.
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Any advance made by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to the Irish Land Commission for the purposes of this Act shall be charged upon the property accruing to and shall be payable by the Irish Land Commission as if it were part of the debt already owing by the Irish Land Commission to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.
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Sea Fisheries Fund to be expended for piers and harbours.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 45.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 3.
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5. The Commissioners of Public Works shall apply the Sea Fisheries Fund for the purposes of the Fishery Piers and Harbours Acts, but subject to the conditions contained in this Act.
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The enactment contained in the second section of the Fishery Piers and Harbours Act, 1866, that a grant for any one work shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds shall not apply to grants under this Act.
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The enactment contained in the fourth sub-section of the fourth section of the Fishery Piers and Harbours Act, 1846, that the amount of any grant shall not exceed three-fourths of the cost of the work, and that such grant shall be made only upon the condition that the repayment of the residue of the total actual cost of the work, with interest, shall be secured or agreed to be secured in the manner therein referred to, shall not apply to grants under this Act.
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The Commissioners of Public Works may, with the previous approval of the Treasury, out of the Sea Fisheries Fund make a free grant of the whole or any part of the cost of a work, or may advance the same by way of loan, upon the repayment thereof, with interest at such rate not exceeding three and a half per cent. per annum, as the Commissioners, with the approval of the Treasury, may determine, being secured in the manner provided by the Fishery Piers and Harbours Acts.
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The amount which the Commissioners of Public Works may expend in any one period of twelve months after the passing of this Act, in carrying this Act into effect, shall not exceed fifty thousand pounds, unless the Treasury otherwise orders.
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Maintenance and repair of piers and harbours.
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6. When any work has been done or constructed under this Act, the provisions of the Fishery Piers and Harbours Acts relative to maintenance and repair, and as to tolls and rates, and as to byelaws, rates, orders, and regulations, and otherwise, shall apply to such work as if it had been constructed or done under those Acts.
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Application of sums repaid.
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7. All sums paid from time to time to the Commissioners of Public Works in repayment of moneys advanced by them by way of loan under this Act, or for interest thereon, shall form part of the Sea Fisheries Fund, and shall be applied by the Commissioners for the purposes of this Act.
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[S. 8 rep. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 71. s. 4. S. 9 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]
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