Turf Development Act, 1946

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Number 10 of 1946.

TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1946.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Establishment date.
4.	Regulations.
5.	Repeal of sections 21 and 22 of the Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936.
6.	Expenses of the Minister.

Part II.

Bord na Móna.

Part III.

Duties and Powers of the Board.

Chapter I.

Duties of the Board.

17.	General duties of the Board.
18.	Reports and information by the Board.

Chapter II.

Miscellaneous Powers of the Board.

Chapter III.

Acquisition of Land, Etc.

29.	Acquisition of land, etc., by the Board.
30.	Entry on land, etc., before conveyance.
31.	Deposit of maps, plans, etc.
32.	Assessment of price or of compensation.
33.	Time for claims for price or compensation.
34.	Execution of works in lieu of compensation.
35.	Acquisition, of land in lieu of payment of compensation.
36.	Powers and duties where acquired land is subject to a land purchase annuity, etc.
37.	Power of Board to purchase land from the Irish Land Commission.

Chapter IV.

Transport Works.

38.	Definitions for purposes of Chapter IV of Part III.
39.	Applications for transport works order.
40.	Deposit of draft order, plan and book of reference and notice of application.
41.	Fees on applications.
42.	Local inquiries into applications for transport works order.
43.	Grant of transport works order.
44.	Provisions in relation to transport works order.
45.	Regulations in relation to maintenance and operation of transport works.
46.	Regulations in relation to use of electrical power.
47.	Construction of transport works by Electricity Supply Board as contractors for the Board.
48.	Amendment of transport works order.
49.	Effect of orders under Chapter IV of Part III.
50.	Expenses of Minister in exercise of powers under a transport works order.
51.	Provisions in relation to certain orders made under the Emergency Powers (No. 92) Order, 1941.

Part IV.

Financial Provisions.

52.	Grant to the Board in respect of expenses of experimental and research work.
53.	Advances to the Board out of the Central Fund.
54.	Provision of money for advances to the Board out of Central Fund.
55.	Payment of interest on repayable advances.
56.	Repayment of repayable advances.
57.	Waiver of interest on certain advances to the Board.
58.	Power of the Board to borrow temporarily.
59.	Accounts and Audits.

Part V.

Dissolution of the Turf Development Board, Limited.

60.	Dissolution of the dissolved company.
61.	Payments to holders of shares of the dissolved company.
62.	Transfer of property of the dissolved company to the Board.
63.	Transfer of liabilities of the dissolved company.
64.	Release of the Board from certain State debts.
65.	Preservation of continuing contracts of the dissolved company.
66.	Continuance of pending legal proceedings.
67.	Preservation of contracts of service.
68.	Exemption from stamp duties.

Part VI.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

69.	Restriction on compulsory acquisition of land held by the Board.
70.	Adaptation of references to the dissolved company in the Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936.
71.	Suspension of operation of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Road Transport Act, 1933, in relation to the carriage of turf by road.

SCHEDULE.

Acts Referred to
Turf (Use and Development) Act, 1936	No. 23 of 1936
Transport Act, 1944	No. 21 of 1944
Emergency Powers Act, 1939	No. 28 of 1939
Interpretation Act, 1937	No. 38 of 1937
Road Transport Act, 1933	No. 8 of 1933

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Number 10 of 1946.

TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1946.

AN ACT TO MAKE BETTER PROVISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST, OF THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF TURF IN THE STATE, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH A BOARD TO BE CALLED BORD NA MÓNA, TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, TO DISSOLVE THE TURF DEVELOPMENT BOARD, LIMITED AND TO TRANSFER ITS PROPERTY AND LIABILITIES TO BORD NA MÓNA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [1st June, 1946.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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