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Uimhir 9 de 1933.
ACHT NA mBÓTHAR IARAINN, 1933.
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an Príomh-Acht” Acht na mBóthar Iarainn, 1924 (Uimh. 29 de 1924) ;
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála ;
cialluíonn an abairt “an Chuideachta” Cuideachta Mhór-Bhóithre Iarainn an Deiscirt ;
foluíonn an abairt “stoc caipitail” stoc debentiúra.
Fiacha áirithe atá dlite ag an Stát ar an gCuideachtain do mhaitheamh.
2.—Deintear leis seo íocaíocht na suimeanna caipitail seo leanas atá dlite ag an Stát ar an gCuideachtain ar scór na n-iasacht a luaidhtear anso ina dhiaidh seo agus fós íocaíocht aon úis atá dlite no ag fás le linn an Achta so do rith ar na suimeanna caipitail sin fé seach do mhaitheamh, agus saortar leis seo an Chuideachta o n-a bheith ortha na híocaíochtaí sin no aon cheann acu d'íoc, sé sin le rá :—
(a) an tsuim de £41,500 (aon mhíle ceathrachad agus cúig céad púnt) eadhon, an farasbarr atá dlite fós ar scór suimeanna go ndeineann a n-iomlán £56,185 (sé mhíle caogad, céad agus cúig púint ochtód) agus do roimh-íoc Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Puiblí in Éirinn ar tráthanna iomdha le Cuideachta Bhóthar Iarainn an Deiscirt do bhí ann le déanaí ;
(b) an tsuim de £65,000 (cúig mhíle seascad púnt) do roimhíoc Coimisinéirí na nOibreacha Puiblí in Éirinn sa bhliain 1902 no tuairim na bliana san le Cuideachta Bhóthar Iarainn Chorcaighe, na Carraige Duibhe agus an Phasáiste do bhí ann le déanaí;
(c) an tsuim de £179,400 (céad agus naoi míle seachtód agus ceithre chéad púnt) do roimh-íoc Rialtas Ríochta Aontuithe na Breataine Móire agus na hÉireann do bhí ann le déanaí sa bhliain 1918 no tuairim na bliana san le Cuideachta Bhóthar Iarainn Bhaile Atha Cliath agus an Taoibh Thoir Theas do bhí ann le déanaí.
Caipital na Cuideachtan d'ath-chóiriú.
3.—(1) San alt so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an príomh-stoc caipitail” méideanna fé seach, a luaidhtear sa dara colún den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so, saghas uile agus fé seach stuic chaipitail na Cuideachtan a luaidhtear sa chéad cholún den Chéad Sceideal san ;
cialluíonn an abairt “an stoc caipitail laigheaduithe” príomhstoc caipitail na Cuideachtan mar a laigheaduítear é tré oibriú an ailt seo ;
cialluíonn an abairt “an lá ceaptha” maidir le gach saghas fé leith de phríomh-stoc caipitail na Cuideachtan an lá cheapfaidh an tAire fén alt so mar lá ceaptha chun crícheanna an ailt seo maidir leis an saghas san den phríomh-stoc caipitail sin ; agus
déanfar tagairtí don chuid d'aon tsaghas den phríomh-stoc caipitail a bheidh ar seilbh ag duine do léiriú mar thagairtí don mhéid iomlán den tsaghas san a bheidh ar seilbh ag an duine sin pe'ca aon deimhniú amháin no níos mó ná aon deimhniú amháin a bheidh aige alos na seilbhe sin.
(2) Déanfaidh na tAire, le hordú déanfar chó luath agus bheidh caoi ann chuige sin tar éis an Achta so do rith, lá do cheapadh, maidir le gach saghas fé leith de phríomh-stoc caipitail na Cuideachtan, mar lá ceaptha chun crícheanna an ailt seo maidir leis an saghas san den phríomh-stoc caipitail sin, agus féadfar laetheanta deifriúla do cheapadh amhlaidh maidir le saghsanna deifriúla den phríomh-stoc caipitail sin.
(3) Ar an lá ceaptha agus dá éis tiocfaidh na saghsanna uile agus fé seach den phríomh-stoc caipitail chun bheith agus beid (fé réir oibrithe na bhforálacha den alt so bhaineann le codáin de phúnt stuic) laigheaduithe go dtí na méideanna uile fé seach a luaidhtear sa tríú colún den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so os coinne luadh gach saghais fé leith acu san den phríomh-stoc caipitail sa chéad cholún den Chéad Sceideal san.
(4) Gach duine is sealbhóir an lá ceaptha ar aon chuid d'aon tsaghas den phríomh-stoc caipitail tiocfaidh chun bheith agus beidh, in aghaidh gach céad púnt den tsaghas san den stoc san a bheidh ar seilbh aige amhlaidh, mar shealbhóir an lá ceaptha ar an méid den tsaghas chéanna den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe a luaidhtear sa cheathrú colún den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so os coinne luadh an tsaghais sin sa chéad cholún den Chéad Sceideal san, agus mar sin do réir na cionúireachta céanna i gcóir méideanna stuic is mó no is lugha ná céad púnt, ach beidh san i ngach cás fé réir na bhforálacha den alt so bhainean le codáin de phúnt stuic.
(5) Ní thiocfaidh éinne tré oibriú an ailt seo chun bheith mar shealbhóir ar chodán de phúnt den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe, agus i gcás ina dtiocfadh duine amhlaidh chun bheith mar shealbhóir ar chodán de phúnt den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe an lá ceaptha mara mbeadh an fo-alt so, déanfar an codán san d'áireamh mar phúnt agus méid an stuic chaipitail laigheaduithe go dtiocfaidh an duine sin chun bheith mar shealbhóir air de bhuadh an ailt seo do mhéadú dá réir sin.
(6) D'ainneoin éinní atá san alt so, tuigfear na méideanna fé seach de sna saghsanna uile agus fé seach den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe luaidhtear sa tríú colún den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so do bheith méaduithe pé méideanna is gá iad do mhéadú de dhruim oibrithe an fho-ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, agus léireofar an t-alt so agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin.
(7) An lá ceaptha tiocfaidh na deimhnithe uile i dtaobh an phríomh-stuic chaipitail chun bheith agus beid ar nea-mbrí, agus gach duine is sealbhóir ar aon chuid d'aon tsaghas den phríomhstoc caipitail beidh sé i dteideal, aon uair tar éis an lae cheaptha, an deimhniú no na deimhnithe (a cuirtear ar nea-mbrí leis an bhfo-alt so) a bhaineann leis an gcuid sin den tsaghas san do thabhairt suas don Chuideachtain agus deimhniú d'fháil in aisce ón gCuideachtain i gcóir an mhéide den tsaghas chéanna den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe go dtiocfaidh an duine sin chun bheith mar shealbhóir air an lá ceaptha de bhuadh an ailt seo.
(8) Beidh feidhm ag ailt 10, 11, agus 12 de Scéim Chó-nascthachta Mhór-Bhóithre Iarainn an Deiscirt, 1925, maidir leis an stoc caipitail laigheaduithe agus leis na saghsanna uile fé seach den stoc san, ar gach slí fé mar atá feidhm acu maidir leis an bpríomh-stoc caipitail agus leis na saghsanna uile fé seach de, agus dá réir sin déanfar na focail “gach céad púnt den stoc san” atá san alt san 12 do léiriú mar fhocail a chialluíonn gach céad púnt den stoc caipitail laigheaduithe, nách stoc debentiúra.
(9) I gcás é bheith d'oblagáid dlíthiúil ar an gCuideachtain, fé aon chó-aontú do rinneadh roimh an Acht so do rith, cion de sna fáltaisí no de sna fáltaisí glan no íocaíocht as na fáltaisí no as na fáltaisí glan a thagann as aon pháirt áirithe de bhóthar iarainn no de ghnó na Cuideachtan d'íoc le haon chuideachtain eile (pe'ca laistigh no lasmuich de Shaorstát Éireann atá sí cláruithe) ní dhéanfaidh an laigheadú deintear leis an alt so ar stoc caipitail na Cuideachtan méid an cheana no na híocaíochta san do mhéadú thar an méid do bheadh iníoctha fén gcó-aontú san dá mba ná hachtófaí an t-alt so.
(10) Ní dhéanfaidh an laigheadú deintear leis an alt so ar ainm-luach caipitail aon stuic dhebentiúra de chuid na Cuideachtan ná an laigheadú deintear sa tslí chéanna ar mhéid an úis ar aon stoc debentiúra den tsórt san teideal do thabhairt d'éinne is sealbhóir ar aon stoc debentiúra den tsórt san glacadóir do cheapadh no aon rud eile do dhéanamh chun a chur d'fhiachaibh go n-íocfaí an t-airgead caipitail do hurruíodh leis an stoc debentiúra san no chun a chur d'fhiachaibh go n-íocfaí ús in aghaidh aon tréimhse tar éis an lae cheaptha ar shuim chaipitail is mó ná an méid caipitail chun a laigheaduítear an stoc debentiúra san leis an alt so.
Airgead iontaobhais no cúirte do shuncáil i stoc leis ar gCuideachtain.
4.—(1) Pe'ca dhéanfaidh an Chuideachta dividendum do réir trí per cent. per annum no aon dividendum d'íoc ar a ngnáthstoc no ná déanfaidh, leanfaidh na cinn sin de stuic chaipitail na Cuideachtan do bhí, an 1adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1932, ina n-urrúsanna go n-údaruítear d'iontaobhaithe leis an Trustee Act, 1893, airgead iontaobhais do shuncáil ionta, leanfaid, go dtí an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1935, de bheith ina n-urrúsanna go n-údaruítear amhlaidh d'iontaobhaithe airgead iontaobhais do shuncáil ionta, agus na cinn sin de stuic chaipitail na Cuideachtan do bhí, an 1adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1932, ina n-urrúsanna ina bhféadfaí, fé rialacha aon chúirte, cistí sa chúirt sin do shuncáil, leanfaid, go dtí an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1935, de bheith ina n-urrúsanna ina bhféadfar cistí sa chúirt sin do shuncáil.
(2) Chun crícheanna na feidhme bheidh, an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1936, no dá éis sin ag na forálacha den Trustee Act, 1893, a bhaineann leis na hurrúsanna go n-údaruítear d'iontaobhaithe airgead iontaobhais do shuncáil ionta no ag na forálacha d'aon rialacha cúirte bhaineann leis na hurrúsanna ina bhféadfar cistí i gcúirt do shuncáil, tuigfear an Chuideachta do bheith tar éis dividendum d'íoc do réir ráta aon per cent. per annum ar a ngnáth-stoc in aghaidh gach bliana do bhlianta airgeadais na Cuideachtan do chríochnuigh tar éis an 30adh lá de Mhí na Samhna, 1932, agus roimh an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1936, agus go raibh an Chuideachta gan dividendum ar bith no gan ach dividendum do réir ráta ba lugha ná aon per cent. per annum d'íoc ar a ngnáth-stoc ina haghaidh.
(3) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “bliain de bhlianta airgeadais na Cuideachtan” tréimhse go ndeintear ina haghaidh cuntaisí bliantúla na Cuideachtan do dhéanamh suas agus d'iniúchadh.
An riail-ioncum d'atharú.
5.—(1) Chó luath agus bheidh caoi ann chuige sin tar éis an Achta so do rith, ath-bhreithneoidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn riail-ioncum na Cuideachtan (do réir bhrí ailt 53 den Phríomh-Acht) agus, tar éis dóibh éisteacht do thabhairt don Aire (más mian leis go n-éistfí é) agus do gach páirtí eile gur mian leo go n-éistfí iad agus go bhfeictear don Bhínse Bóthair Iarainn leas do bheith acu sa scéal, déanfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn an riail-ioncum san do choigeartú agus d'atharú tré pé méid do bhaint de a chífear don Bhínse Bóthair Iarainn do bheith cóir agus cothrom ag cuimhneamh ar an laigheadú sa mhéid úis is iníoctha agus ar na dividenda le n-a bhféadfar bheith ag súil go réasúnta mar gheall ar an ath-chóiriú deintear ar chaipital na Cuideachtan leis an Acht so, agus socróidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn méid an riail-ioncuim sin dá réir sin agus leis sin isé an riail-ioncum a socrófar amhlaidh a bheidh mar riail-ioncum na Cuideachtan chun crícheanna ailt 53 den Phríomh-Acht.
(2) Ar an Acht so do rith scuirfidh alt 54 den Phríomh-Acht d'éifeacht do bheith aige, agus an lá cheapfaidh an tAire le hordú chun bheith mar lá cheaptha chun críche an fho-ailt seo tiocfaidh an t-alt san 54 i bhfeidhm arís ach go n-a hatharuithe agus fé réir na n-atharuithe seo leanas, sé sin le rá :—
(a) ciallóidh an abairt “riail-ioncum na Cuideachtan” an riail-ioncum mar a shocróidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn é fén alt so, agus
(b) ciallóidh an abairt “an lá ceaptha” an lá cheapfaidh an tAire fén bhfo-alt so chun bheith mar lá cheaptha chun críche an fho-ailt seo.
Stiúrthóirí do thoghadh tré phost-vótáil.
6.—(1) Laistigh de ráithe tar éis an Achta so do rith ullamhóidh an Chuideachta agus cuirfid fé bhráid an Aire scéim (dá ngairmtear an scéim phost-vótála san Acht so) tré n-a ndéanfar gach toghachán striúrthóra don Chuideachtain ba ghá do réir dlí, mara mbeadh an t-alt so, do dhéanamh tré vótanna ball den Chuideachtain do thabhairt ag cruinniú coitiann cinn bliana den Chuideachtain do dhéanamh tré vótanna ball den Chuideachtain do thabhairt i bpáipéirí ballóide chuirfidh no sheachadfaidh na baill sin tríd an bpost no ar shlí eile chun na Cuideachtan no chun cinn choimhrimh thar ceann na Cuideachtan.
(2) Nuair a dhéanfaidh an Chuideachta an scéim phost-vótála do chur fé bhráid an Aire fén alt so, déanfaidh an tAire, do réir mar is dóich leis is ceart, le hordú an scéim sin do dhaingniú gan í d'atharú no pé atharuithe do dhéanamh ar an scéim sin is dóich leis, fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, do bheith ceart agus an scéim sin mar a bheidh sí atharuithe amhlaidh do dhaingniú le hordú.
(3) Gan dochar do gheneráltacht na bhforálacha san roimhe seo den alt so socrófar sa scéim phost-vótála, mar a dhaingneoidh an tAire í fén alt so, i gcóir na nithe áirithe seo leanas maidir le gach toghachán a déanfar fén scéim sin, sé sin le rá :—
(a) an tslí ina n-ainmneofar iarrthóirí chun a dtoghtha sa toghachán san ;
(b) ceann cóimhrimh do cheapadh chun crícheanna an toghacháin sin ;
(c) an Chuideachta do thabhairt phaipéirí ballóide do bhaill na Cuideachtan chun crícheanna an toghacháin sin ;
(d) na baill sin do chur na bpáipéirí ballóide sin thar n-ais tríd an bpost no ar shlí eile chun na Cuideachtan no chun an chinn chóimhrimh sin thar ceann na Cuideachtan ;
(e) a chur in áirithe go mbeidh gach ball den Chuideachtain i dteideal an oiread céanna vótanna do thabhairt sa toghachán san do bheadh sé i dteideal do thabhairt sa toghachán san dá mba ná hachtófaí an t-alt so agus gur ag cruinniú coitiann cinn bliana den Chuideachtain do bheadh an toghachán san ar siúl;
(f) a chur in áirithe go bhféadfaidh ionadaithe do bhaill na Cuideachtan bheith i láthair ag scrúdú agus cóimhreamh na vótanna do tugadh sa toghachán san agus, más mian leo é, bheith páirteach sa chéanna;
(g) a shocrú go ndéanfar na páipéirí ballóide chun crícheanna an toghacháin sin do chur chun ball na Cuideachtan seachtain ar a laighead roimh an gcruinniú coitiann cinn bliana den Chuideachtain ag á mbeadh an toghachán san ar siúl dá mba ná hachtófaí an t-alt so, agus ná cuirfear deireadh leis an vótaíocht sa togachán san go ceann seachtaine ar a laighead tár éis an chruinnithe choitinn chinn bliana san.
(4) Déanfaidh an tAire, leis an ordú le n-a ndaingneofar an scéim phost-vótála fén alt so, an lá (nách déanaí ná bliain tar éis an Achta so do rith) ar a dtiocfaidh an scéim sin i bhfeidhm do cheapadh.
(5) Féadfaidh an tAire, aon uair tar éis do an scéim phostvótála do dhaingniú fén alt so, agus mar gheall ar chúis do phléidh an Chuideachta leis no uaidh féin tar éis fógra míosa do thabhairt don Chuideachtain, an scéim sin do leasú (tré chur léi, tré fhágaint ar lár no tré atharú) le hordú i pé slí is dóich leis, fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, do bheith ceart.
(6) I gcionn dhá mhí ón dáta ar a dtiocfaidh an scéim phostvótála i bhfeidhm fén alt so agus dá éis sin is fén scéim sin agus do réir na scéime sin, fé réir pé leasuithe no atharuithe (más ann dóibh) ar an scéim sin a bheidh i bhfeidhm de thuras na huaire fén alt so, a cuirfear ar siúl agus a déanfar gach toghachán stiúrthóra don Chuideachtain ba ghá do réir dlí, mara mbeadh an t-alt so, do dhéanamh tré vótanna ball den Chuideachtain do thabhairt ag cruinniú coitiann cinn bliana den Chuideachtain.
Líon agus téarmaí oifige stiúrthóirí.
7.—(1) San alt so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an chéad chruinniú cinn bliana eile” an chéad chruinniú coitiann cinn bliana den Chuideachtain a bheidh ann tar éis dhá mhí ón dáta ar a dtiocfaidh an scéim chun stiúrthóirí don Chuideachtain do thoghadh tré phost-vótáil i bhfeidhm fén Acht so;
cialluíonn an abairt “toghachán bliantúil” toghachán de stiúrthóirí don Chuideachtain a déanfar fén scéim sin agus dá réir; agus
cialluíonn an abairt “an chéad toghachán bliantúil eile” an chéad toghachán bliantúil a déanfar tar éis an dá mhí sin.
(2) O chríochnú cóimhrimh na vótanna sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile is seachtar a bheidh mar líon stiúrthóirí na Cuideachtan agus is do réir an ailt seo a déanfar iad san uile do thogha no do chó-thogha.
(3) An téarma oifige bheidh ag gach stiúrthóir don Chuideachtain a bheidh i seilbh oifige mar stiúrthóir den tsórt san díreach roimh an gcéad chruinniú cinn bliana eile ragha sé in éag ar chóimhreamh na vótanna sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile do chríochnú, ach beidh gach stiúrthóir den tsórt san ion-toghtha fén alt so mar stiúrthóir sa toghachán bliantúil sin.
(4) Déanfar, sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile, seachtar stiúrthóirí don Chuideachtain do thogha.
(5) De sna stiúrthóirí don Chuideachtain a toghfar amhlaidh sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile beidh beirt (a roghfar, cheal có-aontuithe, tré chrann-chur sa toghachán san no díreach ina dhiaidh) i seilbh oifige go ceann bliana, agus beidh beirt eile (a roghfar sa tslí chéanna) i seilbh oifige go ceann dhá bhlian, agus beidh an triúr eile i seilbh oifige go ceann trí mblian, ach beidh san i gcás gach stiúrthóra acu fé réir é d'fháil bháis, é d'eirghe as no é do theacht fé dhí-cháilíocht.
(6) Gach folúntas a thárlóidh imeasc stiúrthóirí na Cuideachtan tar éis an chéad toghacháin bhliantúla eile de dheascaibh stiúrthóra d'fháil bháis, d'eirghe as, no do theacht fé dhí-cháilíocht, líonfaidh duine é dhéanfaidh na stiúrthóirí eile no móráireamh díobh do chó-thogha chun an críche sin, agus gach duine cóthoghfar amhlaidh beidh sé i seilbh oifige ar feadh a mbeidh gan caitheamh den tréimhse gur ar a feadh do bheadh an stiúrthóir gur ina áit a có-thoghfar é i seilbh oifige mara mbeadh eisean d'fháil bháis, d'eirghe as, no do theacht fé dhí-cháilíocht.
(7) Féadfaidh na stiúrthóirí gníomhú d'ainneoin folúntais no folúntaisí den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so do bheith ann.
(8) Fé réir na bhforálacha san roimhe seo den alt so beidh gach stiúrthóir den Chuideachtain a toghfar tar éis an chéad toghacháin bhliantúla eile i seilbh oifige mar stiúrthóir den tsórt san go ceann trí mblian, marab éag, eirghe as, no teacht fé dhí-cháilíocht roimhe sin do.
(9) Gach stiúrthóir don Chuideachtain a toghfar sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile no a toghfar no a có-thoghfar ina dhiaidh sin beidh sé ion-aththoghtha sa toghachán bliantúil gur ar chóimhreamh na vótanna ann do chríochnú a raghaidh a théarma oifige in éag.
(10) An téarma oifige bheidh ag gach stiúrthóir don Chuideachtain a toghfar sa chéad toghachán bliantúil eile no dá éis sin tosnóidh sé ar chóimhreamh na vótanna do chríochnú sa toghachán bliantúil ina dtoghfar é, agus an téarma oifige bheidh ag gach stiúrthóir den tsórt san agus ag gach stiúrthóir don Chuideachtain a có-thoghfar tar éis an chéad toghacháin bhliantúla eile ragha sé in éag ar chóimhreamh na vótanna do chríochnú sa chéad, sa dara no sa tríú toghachán bliantúil (pe'ca aca is gá sa chás) tar éis é do thoghadh no do chó-thoghadh.
(11) Tar éis an chéad toghacháin bhliantúla eile is triúr a bheidh mar quorum do chruinniú de stiúrthóirí na Cuideachtan.
Cáilíocht stiúrthóirí
8.—On lá ceaptha do ghnáth-stoc na Cuideachtan go dtí an chéad toghachán bliantúil eile, do réir bhrí an ailt sin roimhe seo, bainfidh fo-alt (3) d'alt 34 de Scéim Chó-nascthachta Mhór-Bhóithre Iarainn an Deiscirt, 1925, le stiúrthóirí den Chuideachtain ach amháin go ndéanfar an tagairt atá ann do £2,000 do léiriú mar thagairt do £200 agus ón gcéad toghachán bliantúil eile sin amach bainfidh leis na stiúrthóirí sin ach amháin go ndéanfar an tagairt sin do £2,000 do léiriú mar thagairt do £1,000.
Deireadh do chur le seirbhísí traenacha.
9.—(1) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “seirbhís de thraenacha” seirbhís de thraenacha gur mian ina taobh leis an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn ag á mbíonn an tseirbhís sin ar siúl, chun fearachais do dhéanamh san oibriú, na saoráidí iompair sin is gá don trácht a hiompruítí go dtí san leis an seirbhís sin do chur ar fáil tré iompar de bhóthar.
(2) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, féadfaidh an tAire le hordú déanfar ar iarratas cuideachtan bóthair iarainn—
(a) a údarú don chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin, in ainneoin aon oblagáide, de dhruim reachta, connartha no eile, contrárdha dho san deireadh ar fad do chur le seirbhís de thraenacha bheidh ar siúl, ar dháta an iarratais sin, ar aon líne bhóthair iarainn áirithe no ar aon chuid áirithe de líne bhóthair iarainn is leis an gcuideachtain sin no oibríd, no
(b) a údarú don chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin, in ainneoin aon oblagáide, de dhruim reachta, connartha no eile, contrárdha dho san laigheadú do dhéanamh i pé slí agus pé méid a luadhfar san ordú san, ar sheirbhís de thraenacha bheidh ar siúl, ar dháta an iarratais sin, ag an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin ar aon líne bhóthair iarainn áirithe no ar aon chuid áirithe de líne bhóthair iarainn is leis an gcuideachtain sin no oibríd.
(3) Ní dhéanfaidh an tAire ordú fén alt so maran deimhin leis go bhfuil ag an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn, gur ar a n-iarratas a déanfar an t-ordú san, údarás dleathach de dhruim reachta orduithe, ceadúnais, no eile chun seirbhíse iompair de bhóthar do bheith ar siúl acu do bhéarfaidh don phuiblíocht saoráidí iompair is leor (chun crícheanna an tráchta a hiomparuítear leis na seirbhísí bóthair iarainn go n-údarófar leis an ordú san deireadh do chur leo) mar mhalairt in ionad na seirbhísí sin, agus go dtug an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin leor-fhógra puiblí i dtaobh iad do chur na seirbhíse iompair sin de bhóthar ar bun no do bheith ar intinn í do chur ar bun.
(4) Pé uair a dhéanfaidh an tAire ordú fén alt so beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir leis an líne bhóthair iarainn no leis an gcuid de líne bhóthair iarainn le n-a mbainfidh an t-ordú san, sé sin le rá :—
(a) an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn gur leo an líne bhóthair iarainn sin no an chuid sin de líne bhóthair iarainn no oibríonn an céanna beidh sé dleathach dóibh in ainneoin aon oblagáide, de dhruim reachta, connartha, no eile, contrárdha dho san ceachtar ní acu so do dhéanamh (do réir mar a bheidh téarmaí an orduithe sin), eadhon, scur d'aon traenacha do rith ar an líne bhóthair iarainn sin no ar an gcuid sin de líne bhóthair iarainn no an tseirbhís de thraenacha ar an líne bhóthair iarainn sin no ar an gcuid sin de líne bhóthair iarainn do laigheadú sa tslí agus sa mhéid a luadhfar san ordú san;
(b) ní dhéanfaidh an t-ordú san fuascailt ná deifir maidir le haon fhreagarthacht de chuid na cuideachtan bóthair iarainn sin i gcoimeád gach droichid, croise ar leibheul, claidhe, dréin agus oibre eile i dtreo, do tógadh agus a coimeádtar i dtreo chun úsáide, áise no cosanta na puiblíochta i gcoitinne no aon choda den phuiblíocht no únaerí no sealbhairí tailte áirithe ;
(c) i gcás an orduithe sin d'údarú don chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin scur d'aon traenacha in aon chor do rith ar an líne bhóthair iarainn sin no ar an gcuid sin de líne bhóthair iarainn ní bhainfidh an méid d'alt 47 den Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, a chuireann d'oblagáid ar chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn daoine cearta do bheith ar fostú acu chun geataí ag crois ar leibheul d'oscailt agus do dhúnadh, ní bhainfidh le haon chrois ar leibheul ar an líne bhóthair iarainn sin no ar an gcuid sin de líne bhóthair iarainn má deintear agus faid a déanfar geataí uile na gcros san ar leibheul do choimeád agus do dhaingniú ar dhul ná cuirfidh cosc ar thrácht de bhóthar dul trasna na líne sin ag an gcrois sin ar leibheul ;
(d) gach duine d'fhostaithe na cuideachtan bóthair iarainn sin a brisfear toisc gan gá do bheith le n-a sheirbhísí de dheascaibh nithe dhéanfaidh an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin fé údarás an orduithe sin no ag brath air go ndéanfar an t-ordú san beidh sé i dteideal an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin d'íoc cúitimh leis do réir forálacha an Dara Sceidil a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus na forálacha i dtaobh eadrascáin atá sa Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht mar atá san leasuithe leis an Acht Bóthair Iarainn (Sean-Oifigigh agus Seana-Sheirbhísigh), 1926 (Uimh. 25 de 1926), bainfid le gach éileamh ar chúiteamh a déanfar i gcoinnibh aon chuideachtan bóthair iarainn fén Acht so fé mar a bhaineann na forálacha san le héilithe ar chúiteamh a deintear i gcoinnibh na cuideachtan có-nasctha fé sna hAchtanna san ;
(e) féadfaidh an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin aon fhostaí ná beidh gá le n-a sheirbhísí de dheascaibh nithe dhéanfaidh an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin fé údarás an orduithe sin d'aistriú chun aon ghnótha iompair de bhóthar no chun aon ghnótha eile bheidh ar únaeracht no fé stiúradh ag an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin agus, maran rud é go ndiúltóidh an fostaí sin don aistriú san ar chúis réasúnta no go ndéanfar aon fhostaí den tsórt san a haistreofar amhlaidh do bhriseadh ar aon chúis seachas mí-inniúlacht no mí-iompar laistigh de dhá bhliain ón dáta ar a n-aistreofar é amhlaidh, ní tuigfear aon fhostaí a haistreofar amhlaidh do bhriseadh chun crícheanna na míre sin roimhe seo.
(5) Ach amháin mar a húdaruítear fén alt so, ní dhéanfaidh aon chuideachta bhóthair iarainn an tseirbhís bhóthair iarainn a bhíonn ar siúl ar a líne bhóthair iarainn no ar aon chuid di do laigheadú ná d'atharú sa mhéid ná sa tslí go mbeadh na saoráidí i gcóir paisnéirí, earraí ceannaíochta no postanna d'iompar cuid mhaith níos lugha, i gcomparáid leis an trácht a bheidh ar fáil de thuras na huaire chun a iompartha de bhóthar iarainn, ná na saoráidí i gcóir an iompair sin do bhí á dtabhairt ag an seirbhís bhóthair iarainn a bhí ar siúl ar an líne sin no ar an gcuid sin i rith na seacht lá tosaigh de mhí Eanair, 1933.
Coinníollacha seirbhíse fostaithe cuideachtan bóthair iarainn, in iompar de bhóthar, do rialáil.
10.—O am an Achta so do rith déanfar rátaí páigh, uaire diúite agus coinníollacha eile seirbhíse na bhfostaithe do chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn in iompar de bhóthar a bheidh ar fostú chun aon chríche de chrícheanna an ghnótha iompair de bhóthar a bheidh ar siúl ag an gcuideachtain sin agus gur i Saorstát Éireann a bheidh a mbun-áit no a n-áit eile fostaíochta, déanfar iad do rialáil do réir chó-aontuithe ar n-a ndéanamh, no a déanfar o am go ham, idir na ceárd-chumainn is ionadathach do sna fostaithe sin, ar thaobh, agus an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin ar an taobh eile.
Aois-liúntas d'fhostaithe don Chuideachtain.
11.—(1) Déanfaidh an Chuideachta, laistigh de shé mhí tar éis an Achta so do rith, scéim (dá ngairmtear scéim aois-liúntais san alt so) d'ullamhú agus do chur fé bhráid an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn chun ciste do bhunú agus do choinneáil ar siúl, tríd an gCuideachtain agus fostaithe na Cuideachtan d'íoc síntiús có-ionann isteach ann, chun aois-liúntaisí do chur ar fáil do sna fostaithe sin de chuid na Cuideachtan gur féidir, agus áird chuibhe do thabhairt ar chúrsaí rímh-chléireachais, na liúntaisí sin do chur ar fáil dóibh as an gciste sin.
(2) I gcás aon fhostaithe don Chuideachtain do bheith, ar dháta an Achta so do rith, i dteideal aon cheart in aon chiste aoisliúntais no sochair atá ann cheana féin no i dteideal aon tsochar as an gcéanna, ní dhéanfaidh aon scéim aois-liúntais fén alt so dochar do sna cirt sin ná laigheadú ar na sochair sin.
(3) Beidh i scéim aois-liúntais fén alt so forálacha chuirfidh ar chumas ionadaithe do sna fostaithe don Chuideachtain íocfaidh síntiúisí fén scéim sin có-pháirt do bheith acu le hionadaithe don Chuideachtain i mbainistí an chiste aois-liúntais a bheidh le cur ar bun fén scéim sin.
(4) Breithneoidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn aon scéim aoisliúntais a cuirfear fé n-a mbráid fén alt so agus, tar éis dóibh éisteacht do thabhairt don Aire (más mian leis go n-éistfí é) agus do gach páirtí eile (ar a n-áirmhítear ceárd-chumainn) gur mian leo go n-éistfí iad agus go bhfeictear don Bhínse Bóthair Iarainn leas do bheith acu sa scéal, déanfaid, fé mar is dóich leo is ceart ag féachaint d'fhorálacha an ailt seo, an scéim sin do dhaingniú gan í d'atharú no pé atharuithe do dhéanamh uirthe is dóich leo is ceart agus an scéim sin agus í atharuithe amhlaidh do dhaingniú no, más dóich leo nách leor an scéim sin i gcóir riachtanaisí réasúnta fostaithe na Cuideachtan, diúltadh don scéim sin do dhaingniú agus tuarasgabháil speisialta, ina luadhfar na réasúin do bhí acu leis an diúltadh san, do chur chun an Aire.
(5) Déanfar, leis an ordú ón mBínse Bhóthair Iarainn tré n-a ndaingneofar scéim aois-liúntais fén alt so, an dáta ar a dtiocfaidh an scéim sin i bhfeidhm do cheapadh agus beidh éifeacht reachtúil ag an scéim sin ar an dáta a ceapfar amhlaidh agus ón dáta san amach.
(6) Féadfaidh forálacha bheith i scéim aois-liúntais fén alt so chun aon údaráis no duine áirithe do dhéanamh leasuithe (tré chur leis, tré fhágaint ar lár, no tré atharú) no chun san do dhéanamh tré aon mheán áirithe ar gach saghas no ar aon tsaghas áirithe de théarmaí na scéime sin agus, fé réir na bhforálacha san agus, maidir leis an méid ná baineann na forálacha san leis féadfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn aon uair an scéim sin do leasú (tré chur léi, tré fhágaint ar lár, no tré atharú) ar iarratas na Cuideachtan, an Aire, no aon duine eile agus tar éis dóibh éisteacht do thabhairt do gach duine gur mian leis go n-éistfí é agus go bhfeictear don Bhínse Bóthair Iarainn leas do bheith aige sa scéal.
(7) Nuair a bheidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn ag breithniú scéime aois-liúntais fén alt so no ag éisteacht iarratais fén alt so ar scéim aois-liúntais do leasú beid i dteideal congnamh bheirt mheastóirí d'fháil ag á mbeidh eolas agus taithí ar rímhchléireachas agus a ainmneoidh an tAire agus le n-a n-íocfar (mar chuid de chostaisí an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn) pé luach saothair ordóidh an tAire, le ceadú an Aire Airgid.
Ráta cothrom ar earraí ceannaíochta d'iompar.
12.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire aon uair le hordú (ar a dtabharfar, agus dá ngairmtear san alt so, ordú um ráta chothrom) a ordú, nuair a bheidh aon earraí ceannaíochta áirithe á n-iompar de bhóthar iarainn ag aon chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn no cuideachtana bóthair iarainn áirithe ar na coinníollacha (dá ngairmtear na coinníollacha speisialta san alt so) a bheidh orduithe maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san leis an ordú san, gur do réir ráta (dá ngairmtear ráta cothrom san alt so) a bheidh ceaptha in aghaidh gach faid slí (dá ngairmtear faid slí orduithe san alt so) a bheidh orduithe leis an ordú san do réir an ailt seo a hiomprófar iad amhlaidh agus pé uair a dhéanfaidh an tAire ordú den tsórt san ceapfar ráta cothrom fén alt so in aghaidh gach faid slí orduithe agus ón dáta ar a dtiocfaidh an ráta cothrom san i bhfeidhm fén alt so, faid a bheidh an t-ordú san i bhfeidhm, isé gach ráta cothrom fé leith den tsórt san a bheidh mar ráta a déanfar, d'ainneoin aon achtachán eile, d'éileamh ar son na cuideachtan san d'iompar na n-earraí ceannaíochta san ar na coinníollacha speisialta an fhaid slí orduithe le n-a mbaineann an ráta san.
(2) Luadhfaidh an tAire i ngach ordú um ráta chothrom na hearraí ceannaíochta áirithe le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú san agus an t-aontán caindíochta de sna hearraí ceannaíochta san gur dá réir a háirmheofar an t-éileamh ar son na n-earraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar agus ordóidh na coinníollacha speisialta ar a n-iomprófar na hearraí ceannaíochta san agus na faideanna slí dá gceapfar rátaí cothroma fén ordú san.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire, in aon ordú um ráta chothrom, na faideanna slí dá gceapfar rátaí cothroma fén ordú san d'ordú tré scála gráduithe d'fhaideanna slí d'ordú, tré fhaideanna slí maximum do cheapadh, tré cheanntair mór-thimpeal aon phuínte áirithe do luadh, no ar aon tslí eile is oiriúnach leis an Aire.
(4) Féadfaidh an tAire coinníollacha i dtaobh gach ní no éinní acu so leanas do chur mar chuid de sna coinníollacha speisialta a hordófar le haon ordú um ráta chothrom, sé sin le rá :—
(a) an chaindíocht mhinimum ar a mbeidh ráta cothrom inéilithe ;
(b) ládáil agus dí-ládáil ;
(c) pacáil ;
(d) na seirbhísí traenach a bheidh ar fáil chun iompair ;
(e) freagarthacht i gcailliúint no i ndamáiste ;
(f) éinní eile is dóich leis an Aire d'fhéadfadh, do réir réasúin, deifir do dhéanamh do chostas iompair.
(5) Pé uair a dhéanfaidh an tAire ordú um ráta chothrom i dtaobh aon earraí ceannaíochta beidh sé de dhualgas ar aon chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn a luadhfar ann meas do dhéanamh do réir an ailt seo in aghaidh gach faid slí orduithe fé leith, laistigh de mhí tar éis an orduithe sin do dhéanamh, ar ráta chothrom a bheidh le héileamh ar son na cuideachtan san d'iompar na n-earraí ceannaíochta san ar na coinníollacha speisialta gach faid slí orduithe fé leith acu san.
(6) Chun cuideachtan bóthair iarainn do dhéanamh measta fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo ar ráta chothrom a bheidh le héileamh in aghaidh faid slí orduithe ar son aon earraí ceannaíochta áirithe d'iompar beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá :—
(a) toghfaidh an chuideachta san tréimhse (dá ngairmtear an tréimhse chaighdeánach san alt so) is dóich leis an gcuideachtain sin do bheith oiriúnach, sa chás áirithe, mar thréimhse chun a mheas cé méid tráchta le n-a bhféadfar bheith ag súil as na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar an fhaid slí orduithe sin ;
(b) má rinne an chuideachta san aon chaindíocht mhaith mhór de sna hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar i gcaitheamh aon tréimhse maith fada roimh am an mheasta san, agus más rud é nár thárla aon atharú mór no ná beidh coinne le haon atharú mór ar mhéid agus ar choinníollacha an tráchta as na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar, isé bheidh mar thréimhse chaighdeánach ná tréimhse roimh an meas san do dhéanamh ;
(c) mara ndearna an chuideachta san aon chaindíocht mhaith mhór de sna hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar i gcaitheamh aon tréimhse maith fada roimh am an mheasta san, no más rud é gur thárla atharú mór no go mbeidh coinne le hatharú mór ar mhéid agus ar choinníollacha an tráchta, is roimh an am san a bheidh cuid den tréimhse chaighdeánach agus is ina dhiaidh a bheidh an chuid eile dhi, no is ina dhiaidh a bheidh an tréimhse sin ar fad, fé mar is rogha leis an gcuideachtain sin ;
(d) má bhíonn an tréimhse chaighdeánach no cuid den tréimhse chaighdeánach i ndiaidh ama an mheasta san measfaidh an chuideachta san an méid tráchta le n-a bhféadfar bheith ag súil in aghaidh na faide slí orduithe sin as na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar i gcaitheamh na tréimhse caighdeánaighe sin no na coda san den tréimhse chaighdeánach san agus isé an méid a measfar amhlaidh a bheidh, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, mar mhéid an tráchta in aghaidh na tréimhse caighdeánaighe sin no na coda san den tréimhse chaighdeánach san ;
(e) déanfaidh an chuideachta san an mór-ioncum as méid tráchta na tréimhse caighdeánaighe in aghaidh na faide slí orduithe sin d'áireamh do réir na n-éilithe do rinneadh, no do déanfaí mara mbeadh an t-alt so, alos an tráchta san tar éis lomhála do dhéanamh mar gheall ar rátaí nea-ghnáthacha nuair dob fhéidir a leithéidí do chur i bhfeidhm no nuair do bheidís ionchurtha i bhfeidhm, agus déanfaidh ráta cothrom do mheas is dóich leis an gcuideachtain sin do bhéarfadh a leithéid eile sin de mhór-ioncum do theacht as an méid céanna tráchta d'iompar an fhaid slí orduithe sin i dtréimhse is có-ionann leis an tréimhse chaighdeánach.
(7) Gach ráta cothrom a mheasfaidh cuideachta bhóthair iarainn do réir an fho-ailt sin roimhe seo déanfaidh an chuideachta san é do leagadh fé bhráid an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn láithreach agus déanfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn, tar éis dóibh éisteacht do thabhairt do gach páirtí gur mian leis go n-éistfí é agus go bhfeictear dóibh leas do bheith aige sa scéal, an tsuim do mheas an chuideachta san no pé suim eile chífear don Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn do bheith ceart do cheapadh mar ráta cothrom agus dáta do shocrú ar a dtiocfaidh an ráta cothrom a ceapfar amhlaidh i bhfeidhm agus gach ráta cothrom a ceapfar amhlaidh tiocfa sé i bhfeidhm ar an dáta socrófar amhlaidh.
(8) Déanfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn gach ráta cothrom a cheapfaid fén alt so d'athscrúdú i gceann gach bliana caileandair ón dáta ar ar ceapadh an ráta cothrom san agus féadfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn, ar aon athscrúdú den tsórt san do dhéanamh, pé atharú is dóich leo is ceart do dhéanamh ar an ráta cothrom san.
(9) Féadfaidh an tAire a ordú, in aon ordú um ráta chothrom, go mbainfidh an t-ordú san leis na hearraí ceannaíochta áirithe luadhfar ann d'iompar de chanáil no de chanáil agus de bhóthar agus féadfaidh leis an ordú san, más dóich leis gur gá san sa chás, coinníollacha speisialta d'ordú, maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar de chanáil no de chanáil agus de bhóthar, i dteanta no in ionad aon choinníollacha speisialta eile a hordófar leis sin, agus leis sin bainfidh an t-alt so leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar de chanáil no de chanáil agus de bhóthar fé is dá mba chuideachta bhóthair iarainn cuideachta chanáile agus na coinníollacha speisialta a hordófar leis an ordú san, maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar de chanáil no de chanáil agus de bhóthar, beid ina gcoinníollacha speisialta maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar nuair is de chanáil no de chanáil agus de bhóthar a hiomprófar iad.
(10) Féadfaidh an tAire a ordú, in aon ordú um ráta chothrom, go mbainfidh an t-ordú san leis na hearraí ceannaíochta áirithe luadhfar ann d'iompar ar bhóthar-sheirbhísí cuideachtan bóthair iarainn fé is dá mba chuid de sheirbhísí bóthair iarainn na cuideachtan san na bóthar-sheirbhísí sin agus pé uair ordóidh an tAire amhlaidh bainfidh forálacha an ailt seo leis an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn sin agus leis an gcuideachtain sin d'iompar na n-earraí ceannaíochta san fé is dá mba chuid de sheirbhísí bóthair iarainn na cuideachtan san na bóthar-sheirbhísí sin agus gurbh iompar de bhóthar iarainn ag na gcuideachtain sin an t-iompar san de bhóthar.
(11) Féadfaidh an tAire a ordú, in aon ordú um ráta chothrom, go ndéanfar ráta cothrom ar leithligh do cheapadh alos aon chuideachtan bóthair iarainn d'iompar na n-earraí ceannaíochta luadhfar san ordú san de bhóthar agus féadfaidh, más dóich leis gur gá san sa chás, coinníollacha speisialta do luadh san ordú san, maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar de bhóthar, i dteanta no in ionad aon choinníollacha speisialta eile a hordófar leis sin, agus leis sin beidh feidhm ag an alt so fé is dá mb'iompar de bhóthar iarainn ag an gcuideachtain sin iompar de bhóthar agus na coinníollacha speisialta maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar de bhóthar beid ina gcoinníollacha speisialta maidir leis na hearraí ceannaíochta san d'iompar nuair iompróidh an chuideachta san de bhóthar iad agus déanfar ráta cothrom do cheapadh alos an iompair sin gan bacaint le haon ráta cothrom a ceapfar alos na cuideachtan san d'iompar aon earraí ceannaíochta de bhóthar iarainn.
(12) Féadfaidh an tAire, tré ordú do dhéanamh fén bhfo-alt so, aon ordú um ráta chothrom do cheiliúradh, do leasú, no d'atharú.
Freagarthacht i gcostaisí an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn maidir le hiompar de bhóthar.
13.—(1) San alt so—
cialluíonn an abairt “costaisí an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn maidir le hiompar de bhóthar” na costaisí uile, mar a chinnfidh an tAire Airgid iad, fé n-a raghaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn chun a gcomhacht agus a ndualgas, fé aon Acht a bhaineann le hearraí ceannaíochta d'iompar de bhóthar agus do rith no rithfidh an tOireachtas tar éis an 1adh lá d'Fheabhra, 1933, agus roimh an 1adh lá d'Iúl, 1933, d'fheidhmiú agus do chólíonadh agus chuige sin amháin, ach ní fholuíonn aon chuid ná cionúireacht de luach saothair ball, clárathóra, oifigeach agus seirbhíseach an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn ná aon chostaisí eile is dóich leis an Aire Airgid is cuid de chostaisí generálta an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn agus ná baineann ar fad le haon cheann áirithe d'fheidhmeanna an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn d'fheidmiú; agus
cialluíonn an abairt “táillí iompair de bhóthar” táillí éileoidh agus do gheobhaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn fé aon Acht den tsórt san roimhráite.
(2) Ní fholóidh an abairt “gach costas eile fé n-a raghaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn,” san áit ina bhfuil an abairt sin i bhfo-alt (4) d'alt 15 den Phríomh-Acht, costaisí an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn maidir le hiompar de bhóthar; agus
ní fholóidh an abairt “shuim na dtáillí uile d'éilimh agus a fuair an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn,” san áit ina bhfuil an abairt sin sa bhfo-alt san, táillí iompair de bhóthar, agus léireofar an fo-alt san agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin.
(3) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo déanfaidh an Bínse Bóthair Iarainn, i pé slí ordóidh an tAire Airgid, costaisí an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn maidir le hiompar de bhóthar agus na táillí iompair de bhóthar do dheighilt fé seach ina gcuntaisí o chostaisí eile an Bhínse Bhóthair Iarainn agus o sna táillí eile éileoid agus do gheobhaid.
Comhacht do thabhairt do chuideachtana bóthair iarainn iompar d'aer do dhéanamh.
14.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, comhacht do thabhairt d'aon chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn le n-a mbaineann Cuid III den Acht um Iompar ar Bhóithre, 1932 (Uimh. 2 de 1932), chun gach ní no éinní acu so leanas do dhéanamh, sé sin le rá :—
(a) gnó iompair d'aer do dhéanamh no do bheith ar siúl acu ;
(b) iomlán aon ghnótha iompair d'aer a bhíonn ar siúl ag éinne eile (le n-a n-áirmhítear aon ghnó bhíonn ar siúl ag an duine sin agus is gnó cabhartha no fo-ghnó ghabhann leis an ngnó iompair d'aer sin) no aon chuid den ghnó san no aon scair no leas ann do cheannach maraon leis an maoin agus leis na sócmhainní a bhíonn á n-úsáid sa ghnó san no maidir leis;
(c) scaireanna in aon chuideachtain go mbíonn gnó iompair d'aer ar siúl acu do cheannach, do choimeád, d'aistriú, agus do dhíol ;
(d) airgead do thabhairt ar iasacht d'éinne go mbíonn gnó iompair d'aer ar siúl aige agus urrús do ghlacadh, tré mhorgáiste no eile, ar an airgead san d'aisíoc ;
(e) aer-árthaí, meaisíneacht, gléasra agus abhar do dhéanamh, do dheisiú agus do choimeád i dtreo don chuideachtain sin no d'éinne eile chun iad d'úsáid in iompar d'aer no chuige sin ;
(f) connartha do dhéanamh maidir le hiompar d'aer pe'ca ag an gcuideachtain sin no ag duine eile bhíonn sé ar siúl ;
(g) a gcuid airgid agus a gcuid cistí d'úsáid chun éinní do dhéanamh go dtabharfar comhacht le hordú fén alt so don chuideachtain sin é do dhéanamh agus, go sonnrách, aon airgead a bheidh ar láimh acu ar dháta an orduithe sin d'úsáid chun na críche sin agus fós aon airgead do cruinníodh fé chomhacht reachtúil roimh dháta an orduithe sin (pe'ca roimh an Acht so do rith no dá éis sin é) agus nách gá chun na críche chun ar cruinníodh an t-airgead san amhlaidh ;
(h) éinní chabhruíonn no bhaineann le héinní go dtabharfar comhacht le hordú fén alt so don chuideachtain sin é do dhéanamh.
(2) Chun críche an ailt seo cialluíonn an abairt “iompar d'aer” paisnéirí, bagáiste paisnéirí, earraí ceannaíochta, agus postanna no aon taobh acu san d'iompar d'aer ar luach saothair, ach féadfar na comhachta bheidh á mbronnadh le hordú fén alt so do theorannú leis an ordú san i dtreo ná bainfid ach le ceann amháin no níos mó de sna habhair iompair sin.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire pé coinníollacha agus srianta is dóich leis is ceart agus a luadhfaidh in ordú déanfar fén alt so do chur le haon chomhacht a bronnfar leis an ordú san.
(4) Oibreoidh ordú fén alt so chun a údarú don chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn le n-a mbainfidh pé ní no nithe dhíobh san atá luaidhte i bhfo-alt (1) den alt so a luadhfar chuige sin san ordú san do dhéanamh, ach beidh san fé réir pé teoranta, coinníollacha, agus srianta forchuirfear fén alt so leis an ordú san.
Alt 19 den Phríomh-Acht do leasú.
15.—Deintear leis seo fo-alt (3) d'alt 19 den Phríomh-Acht do leasú tré sna focail “no ag aon oifigeach don Aire go n-údarás uaidh” do chur isteach díreach i ndiaidh an fhocail “Aire” san áit deiridh ina bhfuil an focal san sa bhfo-alt san, agus léireofar an fo-alt san agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin.
Ní bhainfidh alt 55 den Phríomh-Acht le fostaithe in iompar de bhóthar.
16.—(1) Ní bhainfidh alt 55 den Phríomh-Acht le fostaithe aon chuideachtan bóthair iarainn in iompar de bhóthar.
(2) Deintear leis seo an tOchtú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht do leasú tré sna focail “Fuireann Chairéireachta” sa dara colún do scriosadh amach agus tré sna focail “Cairéirí, Tiománaithe Ród-Mhótair, Saoist-Oibritheoirí” sa tríú colún os coinne na bhfocal san do scriosadh amach.
An tAcht Talmhaíochta, 1931, do leasú.
17.—Deintear leis seo fo-alt (3) d'alt 4 den Acht Talmhaíochta, 1931 (Uimh. 8 de 1931), do leasú tré sna focail “no de bhua aon Achta eile, pe'ca roimh an Acht so no dá éis sin do ritheadh é” do chur isteach i ndeireadh an fho-ailt, agus léireofar an fo-alt san agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin.
Costaisí fén Acht so.
18.—Sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire Airgid é, is amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar gach costas fé n-a raghaidh an tAire chun an Achta so do chur i bhfeidhm.
Athghairm.
19.—(1) Athghairmtear leis seo Acht na mBóthar Iarainn (Lucht Stiúrtha), 1924 (Uimh. 61 de 1924).
(2) Athghairmtear leis seo Cuid II d'Acht na mBóthar Iarainn (Ilghnéitheach), 1932 (Uimh. 3 de 1932), ach beidh san gan dochar do dhleathacht gach orduithe do rinneadh fé alt 8 den Acht san na mBóthar Iarainn (Ilghnéitheach), 1932, roimh an Acht so do rith, agus do gach ordú den tsórt san do leanúint de bheith i bhfeidhm fén alt san 8 agus dá réir.
Gearr-theideal agus luadh.
20.—(1) Féadfar Acht na mBóthar Iarainn, 1933, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna na mBóthar Iarainn, 1924 go 1933, do ghairm d'Achtanna na mBóthar Iarainn, 1924 go 1932, agus den Acht so le chéile.
CEAD SCEIDEAL.
An Saghas Stuic | Méid an Phríomh-Stuic Chaipitail | Méid an Stuic Chaipitail laigheaduithe | An méid gur chuige laigheaduítear £100 den Phríomh-Stoc Caipitail |
£ | £ | £ | |
Stoc Debentiúra 4 per cent. | 8,323,797 | 7,075,228 | 85 |
Stoc Tosaíochta Urruithe 4 per cent. ... ... ... | 3,885,374 | 1,942,687 | 50 |
Stoc Tosaíochta 4 per cent.... | 5,068,464 | 1,773,963 | 35 |
Gnáth-Stoc ... ... ... | 7,767,123 | 776,713 | 10 |
DARA SCEIDEAL.
1. Sa Sceideal so cialluíonn an focal “seirbhís” seirbhís fé aon chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn no cuideachtana bóthair iarainn gur i Saorstát Éireann atá a líne no a línte no cuid dá líne no dá línte.
2. Isé cúiteamh a bheidh iníoctha le fostaí ag á raibh, ar dháta a bhriste, seirbhís leanúnach ar feadh tréimhse ba ghiorra ná cúig bliana ná aisce déanfar amach do réir na séú coda, in aghaidh gach bliana iomláine dá chuid seirbhíse, de mhéid an luach saothair agus an tsochair oifige bhliantúla do bhí aige ar dháta a bhriste.
3. Isé cúiteamh a bheidh iníoctha le fostaí ag á raibh, ar dháta a bhriste, seirbhís leanúnach ar feadh tréimhse de chúig bliana ar a laighead ná suim bhliantúil a híocfar leis le n-a shaol agus nách mó i gcás ar bith ná dhá dtrian dá luach saothair agus dá shochar oifige bhliantúil ar dháta a bhriste, agus a déanfar amach, laistigh den teorainn sin, do réir na seascadadh coda, in aghaidh gach bliana iomláine dá chuid seirbhíse, den luach saothair agus den tsochar oifige bhliantúil sin, maraon le breis a bheidh do réir líon na mblian iomlán dá chuid seirbhíse agus a déanfar amach do réir an scála so leanas :—
má bhíonn sé tar éis seirbhíse fiche blian iomlán no níos mó do thabhairt uaidh, breis de dheich seascadadh den luach saothair agus den tsochar oifige sin do bhí aige ;
má bhíonn sé tar éis seirbhíse cúig mblian déag iomlán no níos mó do thabhairt uaidh ach gan seirbhís fhiche blian iomlán do thabhairt uaidh, breis de sheacht seascadadh den luach saothair agus den tsochar oifige sin do bhí aige ;
má bhíonn sé tar éis seirbhíse deich mblian iomlán no níos mó do thabhairt uaidh ach gan seirbhís chúig mblian déag iomlán do thabhairt uaidh, breis de chuig sheascadadh den luach saothair agus den tsochar oifige sin do bhí aige ;
má bhíonn sé tar éis seirbhíse cúig mblian iomlán no níos mó do thabhairt uaidh ach gan seirbhís deich mblian iomlán do thabhairt uaidh, breis de thrí sheascadadh den luach saothair agus den tsochar oifige sin do bhí aige.
4. I gcás duine do glacadh i bhfostaíocht chuideachtan bóthair iarainn mar dhuine go gcáilíochtaí speisialta agus aois aige an uair sin ba mhó ná an aois ba ghnáth do bheith ag daoine le linn iad do thosnú i bhfostaíocht chuideachtan bóthair iarainn, féadfar an tréimhse seirbhíse bheidh tugtha uaidh aige do mhéadú tré pé méid blian do chur léi a dheallróidh bheith cóir, ag féachaint do chúrsaí speisialta an cháis, agus leis sin is ar an tréimhse mhéaduithe sin de sheirbhís a déanfar amach an cúiteamh a bheidh ag dul do.
5. (a) I gcás duine do bheith as láthair go sealadach o n-a fhostaíocht agus é bheith, le linn na haimsire go léir a bhí sé as láthair amhlaidh, ar seirbhís in aon cheann de sna fórsaí mileata bhí ag fónamh fé údarás an Chéad Dáil Éireann, An Dara Dáil Éireann, no Rialtais Shealadaigh na hÉireann, no fé údarás an Airm, an Chabhlaigh no an Aer-Fhórsa Bhriotáinigh, no i gceachtar de sna fórsaí bhí i gcoinnibh a chéile le linn an imreasáin chathardha sna blianta 1922, 1923, 1924 no i gcoinneáil no i bpríosún de dheascaibh na seirbhíse sin, déanfar, chun crícheanna an Sceidil seo, an fhaid a bhí sé as láthair go sealadach amhlaidh d'áireamh mar chuid dá thréimhse sheirbhíse.
(b) Gan dochar d'fhorálacha na míre sin roimhe seo, i gcás duine ar bith do bheith as láthair o n-a fhostaíocht ar feadh tréimhse ba ghiorra ná bliain toisc bóthair iarainn no cuid de bhóthar iarainn do dhúnadh ar fad no go leathrannach, de dheascaibh an imreasáin chathardha, sna blianta 1922 no 1923, ní tuigfear go ndearna an fhaid do bhí sé as láthair amhlaidh bearna ina fhostaíocht má bhí sí gan aon bhearna eile do bheith inte, ach ní déanfar an fhaid sin d'áireamh mar chuid dá thréimhse sheirbhíse chun cúitimh do dhéanamh amach fén Acht so.
6. I gcás duine ar bith do bheith tar éis seirbhíse do thabhairt uaidh mar phrintíseach céirde fé aon chuideachtain bhóthair iarainn, ní déanfar tréimhse na printíseachta san d'áireamh mar chuid dá thréimhse sheirbhíse.
7. Pé uair is liúntas bliantúil an cúiteamh is iníoctha le fostaí cuideachtan bóthair iarainn agus a bheidh an fostaí sin i dteideal sochair i bhfuirm aois-liúntais is iníoctha amach as aon chiste rann-íocach aois-liúntais no sochair dá dtugadh cuideachta bhóthair iarainn ag á raibh sé ar fostú síntiúisí, isé bheidh sa liúntas bhliantúil sin, d'ainneoin éinní atá sa Sceideal so, ná an deifríocht idir méid an liúntais bhliantúla do bheadh iníoctha dá mba ná beadh an fostaí sin i dteideal aon tsochair den tsórt san agus méid bliantúil no luach bliantúil an tsochair sin, agus ina theanta san íocfaidh an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin leis an bhfostaí sin cnap-shuim is có-ionann le méid iomlán na síntiús d'íoc an fostaí sin uair ar bith leis an gciste aois-liúntais no sochair.
8. Duine ar bith a bheidh ag fáil suime bliantúla i bhfuirm chúitimh féadfaidh, laistigh de bhliain o dháta shocruithe méid na suime bliantúla san, a iarraidh ar an gcuideachtain bhóthair iarainn do bhris é an ceathrú cuid ar a mhéid den tsuim bhliantúil sin do ghlanadh tré shuim chaipitiúil airgid d'íoc agus ní dhéanfaidh an chuideachta bhóthair iarainn sin diúltadh go mí-réasúnta do ghéilleadh d'aon iarratas den tsórt san.
Number 9 of 1933.
RAILWAYS ACT, 1933.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Acts Referred to | |
No. 29 of 1924 | |
No. 25 of 1926 | |
No. 2 of 1932 | |
No. 8 of 1931 | |
No. 61 of 1924 | |
No. 3 of 1932 | |
Number 9 of 1933.
RAILWAYS ACT, 1933.
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Railways Act, 1924 (No. 29 of 1924);
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
the expression “the Company” means the Great Southern Railways Company;
the expression “capital stock” includes debenture stock.
Remission of certain debts due by the Company to the State.
2.—The payment of the following capital sums due by the Company to the State on foot of the loans hereinafter mentioned and the payment of any interest due or accruing due at the passing of this Act on the said capital sums respectively are hereby remitted and the Company is hereby released from all liability to make the said payments or any of them, that is to say:—
(a) the sum of £41,500 (forty-one thousand, five hundred pounds) being the balance remaining due on foot of sums amounting in the aggregate to £56,185 (fifty-six thousand, one hundred and eighty-five pounds) advanced at divers times by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to the late Southern Railway Company;
(b) the sum of £65,000 (sixty-five thousand pounds) advanced in or about the year 1902 by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to the late Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway Company;
(c) the sum of £179,400 (one hundred and seventy-nine thousand, four hundred pounds) advanced in or about the year 1918 by the Government of the late United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the late Dublin and South Eastern Railway Company.
Re-construction of the capital of the Company.
3.—(1) In this section—
the expression “the major capital stock” means the respective amounts stated in the second column of the First Schedule to this Act of the several denominations stated in the first column of the said First Schedule of the capital stock of the Company;
the expression “the reduced capital stock” means the major capital stock of the Company as reduced by the operation of this section;
the expression “the appointed day” means in respect of each denomination of the major capital stock of the Company the day which is appointed by the Minister under this section to be the appointed day for the purposes of this section in respect of such denomination of the said major capital stock; and
references to the portion of any denomination of the major capital stock held by a person shall be construed as referring to the total amount of such denomination held by such person whether he has one certificate or more than one certificate in respect of such holding.
(2) The Minister shall by order made as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act appoint, in respect of each denomination of the major capital stock of the Company, a day to be the appointed day for the purposes of this section in respect of such denomination of such major capital stock, and different days may be so appointed in respect of different denominations of such major capital stock.
(3) On and from the appointed day the several denominations of the major capital stock shall (subject to the operation of the provisions of this section relating to fractions of a pound of stock) become and be reduced to the several amounts respectively stated in the third column of the First Schedule to this Act opposite the mention in the first column of the said First Schedule of each such denomination of the major capital stock.
(4) Every person who is on the appointed day the holder of any portion of any denomination of the major capital stock shall, for every hundred pounds of such denomination of such stock so held by him, become and be the holder on the appointed day of that amount of the same denomination of the reduced capital stock which is stated in the fourth column of the First Schedule to this Act opposite the mention of such denomination in the first column of the said First Schedule, and so in proportion for amounts of stock greater or less than one hundred pounds, but subject in every case to the provisions of this section relating to fractions of a pound of stock.
(5) No person shall by the operation of this section become the holder of a fractional part of a pound of the reduced capital stock, and where, but for this sub-section, a person would so become the holder of a fractional part of a pound of the reduced capital stock on the appointed day, such fractional part shall be created as one pound and the amount of the reduced capital stock of which such person becomes the holder by virtue of this section shall be increased accordingly.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the respective amounts of the several denominations of the reduced capital stock stated in the third column of the First Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to be increased by such amounts as may be rendered necessary by the operation of the next foregoing sub-section of this section, and this section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
(7) On the appointed day all certificates in respect of the major capital stock shall become and be void, and every holder of any portion of any denomination of the major capital stock shall be entitled, at any time after the appointed day, to surrender to the Company the certificate or certificates (rendered void by this sub-section) for such portion of such denomination and to receive from the Company free of charge a certificate for that amount of the same denomination of the reduced capital stock of which such person becomes the holder on the appointed day by virtue of this section.
(8) Sections 10, 11, and 12 of the Great Southern Railways Amalgamation Scheme, 1925, shall apply in relation to the reduced capital stock and the several denominations thereof respectively in like manner in all respects as they apply in relation to the major capital stock and the several denominations thereof respectively, and accordingly the words “every hundred pounds of such stock” contained in the said section 12 shall be construed as meaning every hundred pounds of the reduced capital stock, other than debenture stock.
(9) Where under any agreement made before the passing of this Act the Company is under a legal obligation to pay or make to any other company (whether registered within or outside Saorstát Eireann) a share of or payment out of the receipts or the net receipts derived from any particular part of the railway or the undertaking of the Company, the reduction of the capital stock of the Company effected by this section shall not operate to increase the amount of such share or payment beyond the amount which would be payable under such agreement if this section had not been enacted.
(10) Neither the reduction effected by this section in the nominal capital value of any debenture stock of the Company nor the reduction similarly effected in the amount of interest on any such debenture stock shall entitle any holder of any such debenture stock to appoint a receiver or take any other steps for enforcing the payment of the capital moneys secured by such debenture stock or for enforcing payment of interest for any period subsequent to the appointed day on a greater capital sum than the capital amount to which such debenture stock is reduced by this section.
Investment of trust or court moneys in stock of the Company.
4.—(1) Whether the Company does or does not pay a dividend at the rate of three per cent. per annum or any dividend on its ordinary stock, such of the capital stocks of the Company as were, on the 1st day of December, 1932, securities in which trustees are authorised by the Trustee Act, 1893, to invest trust moneys shall continue, until the 31st day of December, 1935, to be securities in which trustees are so authorised to invest trust moneys, and such of the capital stocks of the Company as were on the 1st day of December, 1932, securities in which funds in any court might, under the rules of such court, be invested shall continue, until the 31st day of December, 1935, to be securities in which funds in such court may be invested.
(2) For the purposes of the application, on or after the 1st day of January, 1936, of the provisions of the Trustee Act, 1893, relating to the securities in which trustees are authorised to invest trust moneys or the provisions of any rules of court relating to the securities in which funds in court may be invested, the Company shall be deemed to have paid a dividend at the rate of one per cent. per annum on its ordinary stock in respect of every financial year of the Company which ended after the 30th day of November, 1932, and before the 1st day of January, 1936, and for which the Company in fact paid on its ordinary stock either no dividend or a dividend at a rate less than one per cent. per annum.
(3) In this section the expression “financial year of the Company” means a period for which annual accounts of the Company are made up and audited.
Modification of standard revenue.
5.—(1) As soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, the Railway Tribunal shall re-consider the standard revenue (within the meaning of section 53 of the Principal Act) of the Company and, after hearing the Minister (if desirous of being heard) and all other parties desirous of being heard and appearing to the Railway Tribunal to be interested, the Railway Tribunal shall adjust and vary the said standard revenue by making therefrom such deduction as appears to the Railway Tribunal to be just and equitable having regard to the reduction in the amount of interest payable and dividends reasonably to be expected in consequence of the re-construction of the capital of the Company effected by this Act, and the Railway Tribunal shall fix the amount of the said standard revenue accordingly and thereupon the standard revenue so fixed shall be the standard revenue of the Company for the purposes of section 53 of the Principal Act.
(2) On the passing of this Act section 54 of the Principal Act shall cease to have effect, and on such day as the Minister shall by order appoint to be the appointed day for the purpose of this sub-section the said section 54 shall come into operation again but with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—
(a) the expression “the standard revenue of the Company” shall mean the standard revenue as fixed by the Railway Tribunal under this section, and
(b) the expression “the appointed day” shall mean the day which is appointed by the Minister under this sub-section to be the appointed day for the purpose of this sub-section.
Election of directors by postal voting.
6.—(1) Within three months after the passing of this Act the Company shall prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme (in this Act referred to as the postal voting scheme) whereby every election of a director of the Company which would, but for this section, he required by law to be made by the votes of members of the Company given at an annual general meeting of the Company shall be made by the votes of members of the Company given by means of ballot papers sent or delivered by such members by post or otherwise to the Company or to a returning officer on behalf of the Company.
(2) When the postal voting scheme is submitted to the Minister by the Company under this section, the Minister shall, as he shall think proper, either by order confirm such scheme without modification or make such modifications in such scheme as he shall, subject to the provisions of this section, think proper and by order confirm such scheme as so modified.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this section, the postal voting scheme as confirmed by the Minister under this section shall provide for the following particular matters in relation to every election held under such scheme, that is to say:—
(a) the method of nominating candidates for election at such election;
(b) the appointment of a returning officer for the purposes of such election;
(c) the furnishing by the Company to the members of the Company of ballot papers for the purposes of such election;
(d) the returning of such ballot papers by such members by post or otherwise to the Company or to such returning officer on behalf of the Company;
(e) securing that each member of the Company shall be entitled to give at such election the like number of votes as he would have been entitled to give at such election if this section had not been enacted and such election had taken place at an annual general meeting of the Company;
(f) securing that representatives of the members of the Company may be present at and, if they so desire, take part in the scrutiny and counting of the votes given at such election;
(g) providing that the ballot papers for the purposes of such election shall be despatched to the members of the Company not less than one week before the annual general meeting of the Company at which such election would have taken place if this section had not been enacted, and that the poll at such election shall not be closed until at least one week after such annual general meeting.
(4) The Minister shall, by the order confirming the postal voting scheme under this section, appoint the day (not being later than twelve months after the passing of this Act) on which such scheme shall come into force.
(5) At any time after the postal voting scheme has been confirmed by the Minister under this section, the Minister may, either in consequence of representations made to him by the Company or on his own motion after one month's notice to the Company, by order amend (by addition, omission, or variation) such scheme in such manner as he shall, subject to the provisions of this section, think proper.
(6) On and after the expiration of two months after the date on which the postal voting scheme comes into force under this section, every election of a director of the Company which, but for this section, would be required by law to be made by the votes of members of the Company given at an annual general meeting of the Company shall take place and be held under and in accordance with such scheme, subject to such (if any) amendments or variations of such scheme as may for the time being be in force under this section.
Number and terms of office of directors.
7.—(1) In this section—
the expression “the next annual meeting” means the annual general meeting of the Company held next after the expiration of two months after the date on which the scheme for the election of directors of the Company by postal voting comes into force under this Act;
the expression “annual election” means an election of directors of the Company held under and in accordance with the said scheme; and
the expression “the next annual election” means the annual election held next after the expiration of the said two months.
(2) As from the conclusion of the counting of the votes at the next annual election the number of the directors of the Company shall be seven, all of whom shall be elected or co-opted in accordance with this section.
(3) The term of office of every director of the Company who holds office as such director immediately before the next annual meeting shall expire at the conclusion of the counting of the votes at the next annual election, but every such director shall be eligible for election under this section as a director at such annual election.
(4) At the next annual election seven directors of the Company shall be elected.
(5) Of the directors of the Company so elected at the next annual election two (who shall, in default of agreement, be selected by lot at or immediately after such election) shall hold office for one year, and two others (who shall be similarly selected) shall hold office for two years, and the remaining three shall hold office for three years, but subject in every case to death, resignation, or disqualification.
(6) Every vacancy occurring amongst the directors of the Company after the next annual election by reason of the death resignation, or disqualification of a director shall be filled by a person co-opted for that purpose by the other directors or a majority of them, and every person so co-opted shall hold office for the residue of the period for which the director whose place he is co-opted to fill would have held office if he had not died, resigned, or become disqualified.
(7) The directors may act notwithstanding the existence of one or more such vacancies as are mentioned in the next preceding sub-section of this section.
(8) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, every director of the Company elected after the next annual election shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or becomes disqualified, hold office as such director for three years.
(9) Every director of the Company elected at the next annual election or elected or co-opted thereafter shall be eligible for re-election at the annual election at the conclusion of the counting of the votes at which his term of office expires.
(10) The term of office of every director of the Company elected at or after the next annual election shall commence at the conclusion of the counting of the votes at the annual election at which he is elected, and the term of office of every such director and of every director of the Company co-opted after the next annual election shall expire at the conclusion of the counting of the votes at the first, second, or third (as the case may require) annual election after his election or co-option.
(11) After the next annual election the quorum for a meeting of the directors of the Company shall be three.
Qualification of directors.
8.—From the appointed day for the ordinary stock of the Company until the next annual election, within the meaning of the foregoing section, sub-section (3) of section 34 of the Great Southern Railways Amalgamation Scheme, 1925 shall apply to directors of the Company subject to the modification that the reference to £2,000 contained therein be construed as a reference to £200, and from and after the said next annual election shall apply to such directors subject to the modification that the said reference to £2,000 be construed as a reference to £1,000.
Discontinuance of train services.
9.—(1) In this section the expression “service of trains” means a service of trains in respect of which the railway company running such service wishes, for the purposes of more economical working, to provide by means of road transport such transport facilities as are required by the traffic theretofore carried by such service.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister may by order made on the application of a railway company either—
(a) authorise such railway company, notwithstanding any statutory, contractual, or other obligation to the contrary, to terminate wholly a service of trains run at the date of such application over any specified railway line or section of railway line owned or operated by such company, or
(b) authorise such railway company notwithstanding any statutory contractual, or other obligation to the contrary to reduce in such manner and to such extent as shall be specified in such order a service of trains run at the date of such application, by such railway company over any specified railway line or section of railway line owned or operated by such company.
(3) The Minister shall not make an order under this section unless he is satisfied that the railway company on whose application such order is made has lawful authority by statute, order, licence, or otherwise to carry on a road transport service affording to the public transport facilities constituting (for the purposes of the traffic carried by the railway services authorised by such order to be discontinued) an adequate substitute for those services and that such railway company has given sufficient public notice of the establishment or intention to establish such road transport service.
(4) Whenever the Minister makes an order under this section the following provisions shall have effect in respect of the railway line or section of railway line to which such order relates, that is to say:—
(a) it shall be lawful for the railway company owning or operating such railway line or section of railway line, notwithstanding any statutory, contractual, or other obligation to the contrary, either (as the terms of such order may be) to cease to run any trains on such railway line or section of railway line or to reduce in the manner and to the extent specified in such order the service of trains on such railway line or section of railway line;
(b) such order shall not relieve from or affect any liability of such railway company to maintain all bridges level crossings, fences, drains, and other works constructed and maintained for the use, accommodation, or protection of the public generally or of any section of the public or of the owners or of occupiers of particular lands;
(c) where such order authorises such railway company to cease to run any trains whatsoever on such railway line or section of railway line, so much of section 47 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, as makes it obligatory on a railway company to employ proper persons to open and shut gates at a level crossing shall not apply to any level crossing on such railway line or section of railway line if and so long as all the gates of such level crossings are kept and secured in such position as to permit the free passage of road traffic across such line at such crossing;
(d) all employees of such railway company who are dismissed on account of their services being rendered redundant by steps taken by such railway company under the authority or in anticipation of such order shall be entitled to be paid by such railway company compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act and the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the Railways (Existing Officers and Servants) Act, 1926 (No. 25 of 1926) relating to arbitration shall apply to all claims for compensation made against any railway company under this Act in like manner as such provisions apply to claims for compensation made against the amalgamated company under those Acts;
(e) such railway company may transfer to any road transport business or any other undertaking owned or controlled by such railway company any employee whose services are rendered redundant by steps taken by such railway company under the authority of such order and, unless such transfer is refused by such employee on reasonable grounds, or any such employee so transferred is dismissed for any cause other than inefficiency or misconduct within two years from the date on which he is so transferred, no employee so transferred shall be deemed to be dismissed for the purposes of the foregoing paragraph.
(5) Save as authorised under this section, no railway company shall reduce or alter the railway service run over their railway line or any section thereof to such extent or in such manner as to afford facilities for the transport of passengers, merchandise, or mails substantially less in proportion to the traffic for the time being available for transport by rail than the facilities for such transport given by the railway service run over such line or section during the first seven days of the month of January, 1933.
Regulation of conditions of service of road transport employees of railway company.
10.—From and after the passing of this Act the rates of pay, hours of duty, and other conditions of service of the road transport employees of a railway company, employed for any of the purposes of the road transport business carried on by such company and whose depot or other place of employment is situated in Saorstát Eireann, shall be regulated in accordance with agreements made or to be from time to time made between the trade unions representative of such employees of the one part and such railway company of the other part.
Superannuation of employees of the Company.
11.—(1) The Company shall, within six months after the passing of this Act, prepare and submit to the Railway Tribunal a scheme (in this section referred to as a superannuation scheme) for the establishment and maintenance on the basis of equal contributions by the Company and the employees of the Company, of a fund for providing superannuation allowances for such of the employees of the Company as can, with due regard to actuarial considerations, be provided with such allowances out of such fund.
(2) Where at the date of the passing of this Act any employees of the Company are entitled to any rights in or benefits from any existing superannuation or benefit fund, no superannuation scheme under this section shall prejudice such rights or reduce such benefits.
(3) A superannuation scheme under this section shall contain provisions enabling representatives of the employees of the Company contributing under such scheme to share equally with representatives of the Company in the management of the superannuation fund to be established under such scheme.
(4) The Railway Tribunal shall consider any superannuation scheme submitted to it under this section and, having heard the Minister if desirous of being heard and all other parties (including trade unions) desirous of being heard and appearing to the Railway Tribunal to be interested, shall, as it thinks proper having regard to the provisions of this section, either confirm such scheme without modification or make such modifications therein as it thinks proper and confirm such scheme as so modified or, if it is of opinion that such scheme would not meet the reasonable requirements of the employees of the Company, refuse to confirm such scheme and make a special report to the Minister stating its reasons for such refusal.
(5) The order of the Railway Tribunal confirming a superannuation scheme under this section shall appoint the date on which such scheme shall come into operation and as on and from the date so appointed such scheme shall have statutory effect.
(6) A superannuation scheme under this section may contain provisions for the amendment (by addition, omission, or variation) by any specified authority, person, or means of all or any particular class or classes of the terms of such scheme, and subject to such provisions and so far as such provisions do not extend such scheme may at any time be amended (by addition, omission, or variation) by the Railway Tribunal on the application of the Company, the Minister, or any other person and after hearing all persons desirous of being heard and appearing to the Railway Tribunal to be interested.
(7) The Railway Tribunal, when considering under this section a superannuation scheme or hearing an application under this section for the amendment of a superannuation scheme, shall be entitled to have the assistance of two assessors having actuarial knowledge and experience who shall be nominated by the Minister and shall be paid (as part of the expenses of the Railway Tribunal) such remuneration as the Minister shall, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, direct.
Uniform rate for carriage of merchandise.
12.—(1) The Minister may at any time by order (to be known and in this section referred to as a uniform rate order) direct that any particular merchandise when carried by rail by any specified railway company or railway companies on the conditions (in this section referred to as the special conditions) prescribed for such merchandise by such order shall be so carried at a rate (in this section referred to as a uniform rate) fixed in relation to each distance (in this section referred to as a prescribed distance) prescribed by such order in accordance with this section and whenever the Minister makes such an order a uniform rate shall be fixed under this section in respect of each prescribed distance and from and after the date on which such uniform rate becomes operative under this section while such order remains in force each such uniform rate shall be the rate which, notwithstanding any other enactments, shall be charged for the carriage of such merchandise on the special conditions by such company for the prescribed distance to which such rate relates.
(2) In every uniform rate order the Minister shall specify the particular merchandise to which such order relates and the unit of quantity of such merchandise by reference to which the charge for the carriage of such merchandise shall be calculated and shall prescribe the special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise and the distances in respect of which uniform rates shall be fixed under such order.
(3) The Minister may in any uniform rate order prescribe the distances in respect of which uniform rates shall be fixed under such order by prescribing a graduated scale of distances by fixing maximum distances, by reference to zones round any specific point, or in any other manner which the Minister may think fit.
(4) The Minister may include in the special conditions prescribed by any uniform rate order conditions as to all or any of the following matters, that is to say:—
(a) the minimum quantity in respect of which a uniform rate shall be chargeable;
(b) loading and unloading;
(c) packing;
(d) the train services available for carriage;
(e) liability for loss or damage;
(f) any other matter which in the opinion of the Minister might reasonably affect the cost of transport.
(5) Whenever the Minister makes a uniform rate order in relation to any merchandise it shall be the duty of any railway company specified therein within one month after the making of such order to estimate in accordance with this section in respect of each prescribed distance a uniform rate to be charged in respect of the carriage of such merchandise on the special conditions by such company for each such prescribed distance.
(6) For the purpose of the estimation of a uniform rate by a railway company under the foregoing sub-section to be charged in respect of a prescribed distance for the carriage of any particular merchandise the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) such company shall select a period (in this section referred to as the standard period) which in the opinion of such company is suitable, in the particular case, as a period for estimating the probable volume of traffic to be expected from the carriage of such merchandise for such prescribed distance;
(b) if such company has carried any substantial quantity of such merchandise during any substantial period prior to the time of such estimation, and if no material change has taken place or is anticipated in the volume and conditions of traffic resulting from the carriage of such merchandise, the standard period shall be a period prior to such estimation;
(c) if such company has not carried any substantial quantity of such merchandise during any substantial period prior to the time of such estimation, or if a material change has taken place or is anticipated in the volume and conditions of traffic, the standard period shall be, at the discretion of such company, partly before and partly after or wholly after such time;
(d) if the standard period or part of the standard period is subsequent to the time of such estimation such company shall make an estimate of the probable volume of traffic for such prescribed distance resulting from the carriage of such merchandise during such standard period or such part of such standard period and such estimate shall for the purposes of this section be the volume of traffic for such standard period or such part of the standard period;
(e) such company shall calculate the gross income from the volume of traffic for the standard period for such prescribed distance on the basis of the charges which have been or which would but for this section be made in respect of such traffic, making allowance for exceptional rates when such might have been applied or would be applicable, and shall estimate a uniform rate which would in the opinion of such company produce a similar gross income from the same volume of traffic carried for such prescribed distance in a period equal to the standard period.
(7) Every uniform rate estimated by a railway company in accordance with the foregoing sub-section shall be submitted by such company to the Railway Tribunal forthwith and the Railway Tribunal, after hearing all parties desirous of being heard and appearing to it to be interested, shall fix the uniform rate either at the amount estimated by such company or at such other amount as may appear proper to the Railway Tribunal and shall appoint a date on which the uniform rate so fixed shall become operative and every uniform rate so fixed shall become operative on the date so appointed.
(8) Every uniform rate fixed by the Railway Tribunal under this section shall be reviewed by it on the expiration of every calendar year from the date on which such uniform rate was fixed and the Railway Tribunal may upon any such review make such modification as it may think proper in such uniform rate.
(9) The Minister may in any uniform rate order direct that such order shall apply to the carriage of the particular merchandise specified therein by canal or by canal and road and may if he thinks that the circumstances so require prescribe by such order special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise by canal or by canal and road either in addition to or in substitution for any other special conditions prescribed thereby and thereupon this section shall apply to the carriage of such merchandise by canal or by canal and road as if a canal company were a railway company and the special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise by canal or by canal and road prescribed by such order shall be special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise when carried by canal or by canal and road.
(10) The Minister may in any uniform rate order direct that such order shall apply to the carriage of the particular merchandise specified therein by the road services of a railway company as if such road services formed part of the railway services of such company and whenever the Minister so directs the provisions of this section shall apply to such railway company and to the carriage of such merchandise by such company as if such road services formed part of the railway services of such company and carriage by road were carriage by rail by such company.
(11) The Minister may in any uniform rate order direct that a separate uniform rate shall be fixed for the carriage of the merchandise specified in such order by road by any railway company and may if he thinks that the circumstances so require specify in such order special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise by road either in addition to or in substitution for any other special conditions prescribed thereby and thereupon this section shall apply as if carriage by road were carriage by rail by such company and the special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise by road shall be special conditions for the carriage of such merchandise when carried by road by such company and a uniform rate shall be fixed for such carriage independently of any uniform rate fixed for the carriage of any merchandise by rail by such company.
(12) The Minister may by order made under this sub-section, revoke, amend, or vary any uniform rate order.
Liability for expenses of the road transport functions of the Railway Tribunal.
13.—(1) In this section—
the expression “the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal” means all expenses, as determined by the Minister for Finance, incurred by the Railway Tribunal exclusively in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties under any Act relating to the transport of merchandise by road which has been or shall be passed by the Oireachtas after the 1st day of February, 1933, and before the 1st day of July, 1933, but does not include any part or proportion of the remuneration of the members, registrar, officers, and servants of the Railway Tribunal or any other expenses which, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, are part of the general expenses of the Railway Tribunal and are not exclusively referable to the performance of any particular function of the Railway Tribunal; and
the expression “road transport fees” means fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal under any such Act as aforesaid.
(2) The expression “all other expenses of the Railway Tribunal” where the same occurs in sub-section (4) of section 15 of the Principal Act shall not include the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal; and
the expression “fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal” where the same occurs in the said sub-section shall not include road transport fees, and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
(3) For the purposes of this section the Railway Tribunal shall, in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct, segregate in its accounts the road transport expenses of the Railway Tribunal and the road transport fees respectively from the other expenses of and the other fees charged and recovered by the Railway Tribunal,
Empowering railway companies to engage in air transport.
14.—(1) The Minister may by order empower any railway company to which Part III of the Road Transport Act, 1932 (No. 2 of 1932), applies to do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
(a) engage in or carry on the business of air transport;
(b) purchase the whole or any part of or any share or interest in any air transport business carried on by any other person (including any business carried on by such person which is ancillary or incidental to such air transport business) and the property and assets used in or in connection with such business;
(c) purchase, hold, transfer and sell shares in any company carrying on the business of air transport;
(d) lend money to any person carrying on the business of air transport and take security by mortgage or otherwise for the repayment of such money;
(e) construct, repair and maintain, for such company or for any other person, aircraft, machinery, plant and material for use in or for the purpose of air transport;
(f) enter into contracts in relation to air transport, whether carried on by such company or by another person;
(g) use its money and funds for the purpose of doing anything which such company is empowered by an order under this section to do and, in particular, use for that purpose any money in its hands at the date of such order and also any money raised under statutory power before the date of such order (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and not required for the purpose for which such money was so raised;
(h) anything ancillary or incidental to anything which such company is empowered by an order under this section to do.
(2) For the purpose of this section the expression “air transport” means the carriage for reward by air of passengers, passengers' luggage, merchandise, and mails, or any of them, but the powers conferred by an order under this section may be limited by such order to any one or more of those subjects of carriage.
(3) The Minister may attach to any power conferred by an order under this section such conditions and restrictions as he shall think proper and shall specify in such order.
(4) An order under this section shall operate to authorise the railway company to which it relates to do such one or more of the things mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section as shall be specified in that behalf in such order, but subject to such limitations, conditions, and restrictions as are imposed under this section by such order.
Amendment of section 19 of the Principal Act.
15.—Sub-section (3) of section 19 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the words “or any officer of the Minister authorised by him ” immediately after the word “Minister” where it lastly occurs in that sub-section, and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
Section 55 of the Principal Act not to apply to road transport employees.
16.—(1) Section 55 of the Principal Act shall not apply to the road transport employees of any railway company.
(2) The Eighth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “Cartage Staff” in the second column and by the deletion in the third column opposite the said words of the words “Carters, Road Motor Drivers, Working Foremen.”
Amendment of the Agriculture Act, 1931.
17.—Sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Agriculture Act, 1931 (No. 8 of 1931), is hereby amended by the addition, at the end of the sub-section, of the words “or any other Act, whether passed before or after this Act”, and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
Expenses under this Act.
18.—All expenses incurred by the Minister in the execution of this Act shall, to such extent as shall be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be defrayed out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Repeals.
19.—(1) The Railways (Directorate) Act, 1924 (No. 61 of 1924), is hereby repealed.
(2) Part II of the Railways (Miscellaneous) Act, 1932 (No. 3 of 1932), is hereby repealed, but without prejudice to the validity of every order made under section 8 of the said Railways (Miscellaneous) Act, 1932, before the passing of this Act or to the continued operation of every such order under and in accordance with the said section 8.
Short title and citation.
20.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Railways Act, 1933.
(2) The Railways Acts, 1924 to 1932, and this Act may be cited together as the Railways Acts, 1924 to 1933,
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Denomination of Stock | Amount of major Capital Stock | Amount of reduced Capital Stock | Amount to which £100 of major Capital Stock is reduced |
£ | £ | £ | |
4 per cent. Debenture Stock | 8,323,797 | 7,075,228 | 85 |
4 per cent. Guaranteed Preference Stock | 3,885,374 | 1,942,687 | 50 |
4 per cent. Preference Stock | 5,068,464 | 1,773,963 | 35 |
Ordinary Stock | 7,767,123 | 776,713 | 10 |
SECOND SCHEDULE.
1. In this Schedule the word “service” means service with any railway company or railway companies having the whole or part of their line or lines in Saorstát Eireann.
2. The compensation payable to an employee who had at the date of his dismissal continuous service for a period of less than five years shall be a gratuity calculated on the basis of one-sixth of the amount of his annual remuneration and emoluments at the date of his dismissal for every completed year of his service.
3. The compensation payable to an employee who had at the date of his dismissal continuous service for a period of not less than five years shall be an annual sum to be paid to him during his life not exceeding in any case two-thirds of his annual remuneration and emoluments at the date of his dismissal, and, subject to that limitation to be calculated at the rate of one-sixtieth of such annual remuneration and emoluments for every completed year of his service with an addition thereto based on the number of completed years of his service and calculated according to the following scale:—
if he has twenty or more completed years of service, an addition of ten-sixtieths of his said remuneration and emoluments;
if he has fifteen or more completed years of service and less than twenty such years, an addition of seven-sixtieths of his said remuneration and emoluments;
if he has ten or more completed years of service and less than fifteen such years, an addition of five-sixtieths of his said remuneration and emoluments;
if he has five or more completed years of service and less than ten such years, an addition of three-sixtieths of his said remuneration and emoluments.
4. In the case of a person who was taken into the employment of a railway company as a specially qualified person at an age exceeding that at which employment by a railway company usually began, his actual period of service may be increased by the addition of such number of years as may seem just, having regard to the particular circumstances of the case, and thereupon his compensation shall be calculated on such increased period of service.
5. (a) Where a person was temporarily absent from his employment and during the whole of such absence was engaged in service in any of the military forces serving under the authority of the First Dáil Eireann, the Second Dáil Eireann, or the Provisional Government of Ireland, or the British Army, Navy or Air Forces, or in either of the opposing forces during the civil strife in the years 1922, 1923, 1924, or was interned or imprisoned in consequence of such service, such temporary absence shall for the purposes of this Schedule be reckoned and included in the period of his service.
(b) Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, where any person was absent from his employment for a period of less than one year on account of the closing or partial closing of a railway or section of a railway in consequence of the civil strife in the years 1922 or 1923, such absence shall not be deemed to have caused an interruption of his employment if otherwise continuous, but shall not be reckoned or included in his period of service for the purpose of calculating compensation under this Act,
6. Where any person has served as a trade apprentice with any railway company the period of such apprenticeship shall not be reckoned or included in his period of service.
7. Whenever the compensation payable to an employee of a railway company is an annual allowance and such employee is entitled to benefits by way of superannuation payable out of any contributory superannuation or benefit fund to which a railway company by which he was employed contributed, such annual allowance shall notwithstanding anything contained in this Schedule be the difference between the amount of the annual allowance which would be payable if such employee was not entitled to any such benefits and the annual amount or annual value of such benefits and such employee shall in addition be paid by such railway company a lump sum equal to the total amount of the contributions paid at any time by such employee to the superannuation or benefit fund.
8. Any person who is in receipt of an annual sum by way of compensation may, within one year from the date on which the amount of such annual sum is fixed, apply to the railway company by which he was dismissed to commute not more than one-fourth of such annual sum by payment of a capital sum of money and no such application shall be unreasonably refused by such railway company.