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Uimhir 7 de 1952.
AN tACHT IASCAIGH MHARA, 1952.
[An tiontó oifigiúil.]
CUID I.
Reamhraiteach agus Ginearalta.
Gearrtheideal.
1.—Féadfar an tAcht Iascaigh Mhara, 1952, a ghairm den Acht seo.
Mínithe.
2.—San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “an Comhlachas” an comhlucht a bunaítear le halt 23;
ciallaíonn “an Bord” an comhlucht a bunaítear le halt 14;
folaíonn “an trádáil imdhála éisc” an trádáil mhór-reaca éisc, an trádáil mhionreaca éisc agus gnó leasuithe, deatuithe nó cannuithe éisc, nó gnó próisithe éisc ar chuma eile, chun a dhíolta;
ciallaíonn “iasc úr” iasc nár sailleadh, nár deataíodh, nár leasaíodh ná nár caomhnaíodh go saorga ar aon tslí eile, ach folaíonn sé iasc a caomhnaíodh trí chuisniú amháin;
ciallaíonn “ceadúnas” ceadúnas faoi alt 9;
ciallaíonn “máistir,” maidir le bád iascaigh mhara, an máistir, an scibire, nó an duine eile atá i gceannas an bháid de thuras na huaire;
ciallaíonn “an tAire” an tAire Talmhaíochta;
ciallaíonn an briathar “ordú” ordú le rialacháin arna ndéanamh ag an Aire;
ciallaíonn “iasc mara” iasc d'aon tsórt a gheibhtear sa bhfarraige, pé acu úr nó in aon staid eile dhó agus folaíonn sé blaosciasc agus molluis a gheibhtear sa bhfarraige;
ciallaíonn “iascach mara” iasc mara d'iascach nó a ghabháil in uiscí taoide;
ciallaíonn “bád iascaigh mhara” aon long, bád nó árthach eile de shaghas ar bith a húsáidtear i gcóir iascaigh mhara agus folaíonn sé aon long, bád nó árthach eile a húsáidtear chun iasc a chóireáil nó a húsáidtear go hiomlán nó go formhór chun iasc d'iompar;
ciallaíonn “iascaire mara” duine a bhíos ag gabháil d'iascach mara agus nach mbíonn ag gabháil go díreach do mhór-reic ná do mhionreic éisc úir;
folaíonn “an trádáil mhór-reaca éisc” gnó ceantála éisc.
Tosach feidhme.
3.—Tiocfaidh an tAcht seo i ngníomh pé lá nó laethe a socrófar chuige sin le hordú nó orduithe ón Aire go ginearálta nó maidir le haon chríoch nó foráil áirithe agus féadfar laethe éagsúla a shocrú amhlaidh chun críocha éagsúla agus le haghaidh forál éagsúla den Acht seo.
Rialacháin a leagadh faoi bhráid Tithe an Oireachtais.
4.—Gach rialachán a dhéanfas an tAire faoin Acht seo leagfar é faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta, agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach acu sin, laistigh den lá agus fiche a shuífeas an Teach sin tar éis an rialachán a leagadh faoina bhráid, rún a rith ag neamhniú an rialacháin, beidh an rialachán arna neamhniú dá réir sin ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin rialachán.
Tuarascála agus cuntais an Bhóird a leagadh faoi bhráid Tithe an Oireachtais.
5.—Leagfaidh an tAire faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas cóip de gach tuarascáil a bhéarfas an Bord dó faoin Acht seo, maraon le cóip den chuntas caipitil, den chuntas ioncaim, den chuntas sochair agus dochair agus den chlár comharduithe is déanaí ón mBord agus fós cóip de thuarascáil na n-iniúchóirí ar na cuntais agus ar an gclár comharduithe sin agus leagfaidh faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas, i dteannta gach tuarascála den tsórt sin ón mBord, cóipeanna de pé eolas, tuairisceáin agus cuntais a bhéarfar dó faoin Acht seo agus is gá chun an tuarascáil sin a thuiscint i gceart.
Inchúiseamh i leith cionta.
6.—(1) Ní déanfar imeachta i leith ciona faoin Acht seo a thionscnamh ach amháin ag an Aire nó le toiliú an Aire.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire, nó féadfar ar agra an Aire, mar inchúisitheoir, inchúiseamh a dhéanamh i leith aon chiona faoin Acht seo.
Caiteachais.
7.—Na caiteachais go léir faoina raghfar ag forghníomhú an Achta seo, déanfar, a mhéid a cheadós an tAire Airgeadais, iad d'íoc as airgead a sholáthrós an tOireachtas.
CUID II.
Iascac Mara a Rialu.
Rialacháin.
8.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire pé rialacháin is gá nó is inmhianuithe leis a dhéanamh chun iasc mara a chalú agus a dhíol agus chun iasc mara a stóráil, a láimhsiú, d'iompar, a phróisiú agus a chóireáil.
(2) Sara ndéanfaidh an tAire rialacháin raghaidh sé i gcomhairle leis an mBord agus, mura dóigh leis nach bhfuil sin sodhéanta, leis an gComhlachas nó le Coiste an Chomhlachais.
Arthaí a cheadúnú chun iascaigh mhara.
9.—(1) Ní déanfar aon arthach is mó ná tríocha agus cúig troithe ar mórfhaid d'úsáid chun iascaigh mhara ach amháin faoi réim agus do réir ceadúnais faoin alt seo.
(2) (a) Féadfaidh an tAire ceadúnas a dheonadh i leith árthaigh ar iarratas d'fháil ó únaer, fostóir nó fruilitheoir an árthaigh nó thar a cheann.
(b) Is sa bhfoirm ordaithe an bheas an t-iarratas agus beidh pé sonraí ann a iarrfas an tAire.
(3) (a) Ní deonfar ceadúnas mura bhfuil an t-árthach cláraithe sa Stát faoi na hAchta Loingis Cheannaíochta, 1894 go 1947, agus mura le saoránach Éireannach í nó le cuideachta atá corpraithe faoi na hAchta Cuideachtan, 1908 go 1924, agus a bhfuil iomlán a scairchaipitil ar seilbh ag saoránaigh Éireannacha.
(b) Ní bheidh feidhm ag an toirmeasc seo maidir leis an mBord ná le hárthach a bhí cláraithe, an 1ú lá d'Fheabhra, 1952, sa Stát faoi na hAchta Loingis Cheannaíochta, 1894 go 1947, faid a leanfas sí de bheith cláraithe amhlaidh.
(4) Féadfar ceadúnas a dheonadh gan tórainn maidir le ham nó in aghaidh tréimhse sonraithe.
(5) Féadfar ceadúnas a dheonadh faoi réir pé coinníollacha is oiriúnach leis an Aire, ar a n-áirítear srianta le hiascach mara go ginearálta nó maidir le modhanna iascaigh mhara in áiteanna áirithe agus maidir le diúscairt na dtógálacha agus féadfaidh an tAire, ó am go ham, aon choinníoll d'athrú nó coinníollacha nua d'fhorchur.
(6) I gcás—
(a) árthach a bheith ceadúnaithe faoin Acht seo, agus
(b) aon duine arb é únaer, fostóir nó fruilitheoir an árthaigh é nó, más comhlucht corpraithe an duine sin, aon chomhalta den chomhlucht corpraithe sin nó máistir an árthaigh a bheith ag gabháil go díreach do dhíol éisc úir ar mór-reic nó ar mionreic,
déanfar tógálacha an árthaigh a sheachadadh le díol don Bhord nó a dhiúscairt do réir ordachán an Bhoird.
(7) Ní bheidh ceadúnas i leith árthaigh bailí ach amháin más rud é agus an fhaid gur rud é nach aon duine, seachas duine atá ainmnithe sa cheadúnas nó a ionadaí pearsanta dlíthiúil, únaer, fostóir nó fruilitheoir an árthaigh.
(8) Iomprófar ceadúnas ar bord an árthaigh lena mbaineann sé agus déanfaidh an t-únaer, an fostóir, an fruilitheoir nó an máistir an ceadúnas a thabhairt ar aird, arna éileamh, chun a iniúchta ag aon oifigeach caomhanta iascaigh mhara faoin Acht chun Iascaigh Mhara a Chosaint, 1933, arna leasú le halt 34 den Acht Iascaigh (Athscrúdú ar an Dlí Reachtúil), 1949.
Srianta le ceadúnas a dheonadh.
10.—Faoi réir ailt 9, deonfaidh an tAire ceadúnas d'iarratasóir mura rud é—
(a) gur cúlghairmeadh ceadúnas a deonad dó roimhe sin, nó
(b) go raibh an t-iarratasóir nó aon duine eile, a mbeadh, dá ndeontaí an ceadúnas, baint aige le bainistí an árthaigh, pé acu mar únaer, fostóir, fruilitheoir nó máistir é, tar éis baint a bheith aige le bainistí árthaigh in aon cháil den tsórt sin tráth a rinneadh cion ar cúlghairmeadh dá dheasca ceadúnas i leith an árthaigh sin.
Ceadúnas chúlghairm.
11.—(1) Má ciontaítear duine mar gheall ar choinníoll i gceadúnas a shárú féadfaidh an tAire, laistigh de thrí mhí tar éis an chiontuithe sin, an ceadúnas a chúlghairm má rinneadh ciontú roimhe sin mar gheall ar chionníoll sa cheadúnas a shárú.
(2) Má bheartaíonn an tAire cúlghairm cheadúnais a bhreithniú, cuirfidh sé fógra leis an bpost cláraithe go dtí sealbhóir an cheadúnais sin á fhógairt dó go bhfuil sin ar intinn aige agus go bhféadfaidh an sealbhóir sin uiríolla a dhéanamh laistigh de pé tréimhse a sonrófar sa bhfógra agus breithneoidh an tAire aon uiríolla a déanfar amhlaidh.
Ceadúnais chúlghairmthe agus ceadúnais thar dáta a thabhairt suas.
12.—Déanfaidh an sealbhóir ar cheadúnas a bheas éagtha nó cúlghairmthe an doiciméad ceadúnais a thabhairt suas don Aire laistigh de cheithre lá déag tar éis dáta a éaga nó a chúlghairmthe.
Cionta.
13.—(1) Beidh aon duine a shárós (trí ghníomh nó neamhghníomh) aon fhorála sa Chuid seo nó in aon rialacháin faoi alt 8, agus beidh únaer, fostóir, fruilitheoir agus máistir an árthaigh áirithe, gach duine ar leith acu, ciontach i gcion i gcoinne an Achta seo agus ar a chiontú ann go hachomair dlífear fíneáil nach mó ná fiche punt a chur air.
(2) Má ciontaítear duine i gcion i gcoinne an Achta seo, féadfaidh an chúirt a chiontós é a ordú dhó costais an inchúisimh d'íoc.
(3) Féadfaidh aon bhreitheamh den Chúirt Chuarda inchúiseamh i leith ciona i gcoinne an Achta seo d'éisteacht agus a chinneadh.
CUID III.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Bunú agus Feidhmeanna.
Bunú.
14.—(1) Beidh comhlucht ann ar a dtabharfar An Bord Iascaigh Mhara (dá ngairmtear an Bord san Acht seo) chun na feidhmeanna a chomhlíonadh a bheirtear dóibh leis an Acht seo.
(2) Beidh feidhm ag forála an Chéad Sceidil maidir leis an mBord.
Feidhmeann i gcoitinne.
15.—(1) Beidh de dhualgas ginearálta ar an mBord na feidhmeanna a chomhlíonadh a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme Coda V, á bhfeidhmiú nó infheidhmithe ag Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann Teoranta (The Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited).
(2) Gan dochar do ghinearáltacht fo-ailt (1) agus i dteannta na gcumhacht a bheirtear don Bhord le haon fhoráil eile den Acht seo, beidh na cumhachta seo a leanas ag an mBord—
(a) talamh, foirgintí, margaí, áitribh, nó gléasra a thógaint chucu, a ghlacadh ar aistriú, a shealbhú, a dhíol, a mhorgáistiú, a léasú nó a ligean, agus aon fhoirgintí, margaí, áitribh, nó gléasra a thógáil, d'athrú, nó a chothabháil, a bheas ag teastáil chun a ndualgais nó a gcumhachta faoin Acht seo a chomhlíonadh nó d'fheidhmiú;
(b) báid iascaigh mhara agus a n-inneallra nó a bhfeistis a thógaint chucu, a ghlacadh ar aistriú, a dhéanamh, a bheith ar únaeracht acu, a stóráil, d'fhruiliú, d'fhostú, a dhíol nó a sholáthar, maraon le líonta agus gléasa agus riachtanais eile le haghaidh iascaigh mhara nó chun iasc nó táirgí éisc a láimhsiú, d'iompar, a reoú, d'oighriú, a chaomhnú, a leasú nó a chóireáil ar shlí eile nó chun iasc a chur ar margadh;
(c) breosla agus íle bhealála agus íleacha eile, a húsáidtear ag rith bád iascaigh mhara, a cheannach, a stóráil nó a dhíol;
(d) iasc a dheatú, a shailleadh, a channú, nó a leasú nó a chaomhnú ar aon tslí eile;
(e) gabháil le gnó déileálaithe mór-reaca nó mionreaca éisc, leasaitheoirí éisc agus mangairí éisc, agus fós le gnó déileálaithe salainn agus gnó cúipéirí;
(f) iascach mara a dhéanamh nó bheith ag gabháil dó;
(g) bhaigíní, carranna, mótar-veananna, nó córacha, coimeádáin nó meáin nó goiris eile iompartha éisc, nó aon earraí eile a gcumhachtaítear don Bhord a gceannach nó a soláthar nó a ndíol, a thógaint chucu, a ghlacadh ar aistriú, a bheith ar únaeracht acu, d'fhruiliú, a bhainistí, a sheirbhísiú, a sholáthar, nó a dhíol;
(h) deisiú a dhéanamh ar bháid iascaigh mhara agus ar a n-inneallra agus a bpáirteanna agus a dtrealamh eile, lena n-áirítear líonta nó gléasa eile le haghaidh iascaigh mhara;
(i) obair thurgnaimh agus triaileach a ghabháil de láimh d'fhonn cineálacha nua feabhsaithe bád iascaigh mhara, inneall agus trealaimh i gcoitinne a chur ar fáil don tionscal iascaigh mhara;
(j) an tionscal iascaigh mhara d'fhorbairt agus d'fheabhsú trí mhodhanna agus dála níos fearr a thabhairt i réim maidir le hiasc a ghabháil, a ghrádú, a leasú, a phacáil, d'iompar agus a chur ar margadh, agus trí stáisiúin fuar-stórais agus leasuithe, agus pónaí nó locháin nó saoráidí eile bailithe agus stórála gliomach agus éisc eile a chur ar fáil;
(k) bheith ina gceadúnaí i leith beirtreacha oisrí agus síol oisrí a chur ar bheirtreacha oisrí agus oisrí a chur ar síolrú;
(l) margaí nua d'fhorbairt le haghaidh éisc úir, éisc leasaithe agus éisc chaomhnaithe;
(m) comhar-ghnóthaíocht d'fhorbairt agus a chur chun cinn agus go mór mór maidir le hiasc agus táirgí éisc a bhailiú, d'iompar, d'imdháil agus a dhíol;
(n) pé conradh nó conartha a measfar a bheith oiriúnach chun na gcríocha réamhráite d'ullmhú, a dhéanamh, a chothabháil, agus d'athrú ó am go ham;
(o) socrú a dhéanamh i gcóir feasachán, tréimhseachán, paimfléidí agus litríochta eile agus scannán cinematagrafaca agus gnéithe eile poiblíochta, agus iad a chlóbhualadh agus d'imdháil, do réir mar mheasfas an Bord is inmhianuithe ar mhaithe leis an tionscal iascaigh mhara;
(p) lucht oibre d'fhruiliú nó a sholáthar chun iascach, nó obair eile a bhaineas nó a ghabhas le hiascach, a dhéanamh;
(q) comhshochraíochta a dhéanamh le daoine nó gnóluchta atá ag gabháil d'aon trádáil, gnó nó gairm beatha chun aon chearta, pribhléidí agus buntáistí speisialta a ligean le hiascairí mara nó daoine eile, go háirithe maidir le hearraí a sholáthar agus d'iompar;
(r) aon chuid de chaipiteal nó d'airgead eile an Bhoird de thuras na huaire a thabhairt ar airleacan nó ar iasacht ar urrús sásúil d'iascairí mara nó do dhaoine eile de bhun cumhacht an Bhoird;
(s) árachú ag iascairí mara a chur ar aghaidh agus a mholadh agus na bearta a dhéanamh is gá chun slánaíocht d'urrú dhóibh i gcoinne caillteanas maoine de dheasca tóiteáin nó tionóisce eile agus i gcoinne dliteanais airgid i leith éileamh faoi na hAchta um Chúiteamh do Lucht Oibre, nó faoi reachtaíocht eile, nó ar shlí eile, i leith tionóiscí nó díobhála, mailíseach nó tionóisceach, a tharlós d'fhostaithe nó do mhaoin leis na daoine sin nó leis an mBord;
(t) feidhmiú agus comhlíonadh a dhéanamh ar aon fheidhmeanna, cumhachta agus dualgais a bheas aistrithe do réir dlí ón Aire chun an Bhoird maidir le caomhaint agus forbairt an tionscail iascaigh mhara;
(u) gabháil go ginearálta le haon ghnó nó eadarbheart na aon chomhshocraíochta, bearta nó eadarbhearta a chur ar aghaidh nó d'urasú is dóigh leis an mBord a chabhródh, go díreach nó go neamhdhíreach, le forbairt an tionscail iascaigh mhara nó le leasa nó áis iascairí mara nó a chuirfeadh an céanna chun cinn agus pé feidhmeanna eile a ghabháil de láimh agus gach ní a dhéanamh is gá nó is fóirstineach ó am go ham chun na cumhachta sin nó aon cheann acu d'fheidhmiú.
(3) Féadfaidh an Bord, le toiliú an Aire, rialacha a dhéanamh maidir le feidhmiú a bhfeidhmeanna faoin alt seo.
(4) Ní forléireofar forála fo-ailt (2) mar fhorála thórainníos aon chumhacht de chuid an Bhoird a bheirtear le fo-alt (1) nó le haon fhoráil eile den Acht seo, pé acu a tagartar nó nach dtagartar i bhfo-alt (2) do chumhacht dá samhail.
(5) Maidir le tíolacas nó aistrú faoina dtiocfaidh an Bord i dteideal aon leasa thairbhiúil, beidh éifeacht ag alt 13 (a athraíos na dleachta stampa ar thíolacais agus aistrithe talún) den Acht Airgeadais (Uimh. 2), 1947 (Uimh. 33 de 1947), arna leasú le hachtacháin iardain, amhail is go mbeadh sa tíolacas, nó san aistriú, ráiteas den tsórt dá dtagartar i bhfo-alt (4) den alt sin agus go mb'amhlaidh do na fíorais gur ráiteas cóir é.
(6) Maidir le léas faoina dtiocfaidh an Bord i dteideal aon leasa thairbhiúil, beidh éifeacht ag alt 24 (a athraíos na dleachta stampa ar léasanna) den Acht Airgeadais, 1949 (Uimh. 13 de 1949), arna leasú le hachtacháin iardain, amhail is go mbeadh sa léas ráiteas den tsórt dá dtagartar i bhfo-alt (4) den alt sin agus go mb'amhlaidh do na fíorais gur ráiteas cóir é.
Forála Airgeadais.
Meastachán bliantúil ar riachtanais an Bhoird.
16.—Cuirfidh an Bord faoi bhráid an Aire i ngach bliain airgeadais meastachán ar an méid airgid a bheas ag teastáil uathu i bhfoirm deontais agus i bhfoirm airleacan inaisíoctha don bhliain airgeadais ina dhiaidh sin.
Deontais.
17.—I ngach bliain airgeadais, féadfar deontas de pé méid a cheadós an tAire, le comhthoil an Aire Airgeadais, d'íoc, as airgead a sholáthrós an tOireachtas, leis an mBord i leith caiteachas an Bhoird.
Airleacain chun an Bhoird as an bPríomh-Chiste.
18.—(1) Chun a chumasú don Bhord a bhfeidhmeanna d'fheidhmiú nó a chomhlíonadh, féadfaidh an tAire Airgeadais, ar mholadh an Aire, pé suimeanna (nach mó san iomlán ná cúig chéad míle punt) a iarrfas an Bord ó am go ham d'airleacan ó am go ham chun an Bhoird as an bPríomh-Chiste nó a thoradh fáis.
(2) Beidh na suimeanna hairleacfar faoin alt seo inaisíoctha le hús do réir na bhforál ina dhiaidh seo den Acht seo.
Airgead a sholáthar as an bPríomh-Chiste le haghaidh airleacan chun an Bhoird.
19.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire Airgeadais, d'fhonn socrú a dhéanamh le haghaidh suimeanna d'airleacan as an bPríomh-Chiste faoi alt 18, pé suimeanna a bheas ag teastáil chun na críche sin a thógaint ar iasacht ar urrús an Phríomh-Chiste nó a thoradh fáis, agus féadfaidh an tAire sin, chun críocha na hiasachta sin, urrúis a chruthnú agus d'eisiúint agus iad faoi pé ráta úis agus faoi réir pé coinníoll i dtaobh aisíoca, fuascailte, nó eile, is oiriúnach leis, agus íocfaidh sé isteach sa Stát-Chiste an t-airgead go léir a tógfar ar iasacht amhlaidh.
(2) Déanfar príomhshuim agus ús na n-urrús go léir a heiseofar faoin alt seo a mhuirearú ar an bPríomh-Chiste nó a thoradh fáis agus beid iníoctha as an gcéanna.
Us d'íoc ar airleacain inaisíoctha.
20.—(1) Gach suim a hairleacfar chun an Bhoird as an bPríomh-Chiste faoi alt 18 agus a bheas inaisíoctha, íocfaidh an Bord ús uirthi leis an Aire Airgeadais, ó dháta na suime sin d'airleacan go dtí go n-aisíocfar í, do réir pé ráta a cheapfas an tAire Airgeadais ó am go ham i leith na suime sin, agus íocfar an t-ús sin ina íocaíochta leathbhliantúla pé laethanta gach bliain a cheapfas an tAire Airgeadais ó am go ham.
(2) Má mhainníonn an Bord aon ús is iníoctha acu faoin alt seo d'íoc leis an Aire Airgeadais an tráth a bheas ceaptha chuige sin faoin alt seo, íocfaidh an Bord ús leis an Aire sin do réir an ráta a cheapfas an tAire sin ar an ús a bheas gan íoc amhlaidh ón tráth a bheas ceaptha mar adúradh go dtí go n-íocfar an céanna iarbhír.
(3) Íocfar isteach sa Stát-Chiste nó cuirfear chun tairbhe don Stát-Chiste, i pé slí a ordós an tAire Airgeadais, an t-ús go léir a íocfas an Bord leis an Aire Airgeadais faoin alt seo.
Airleacain inaisíoctha d'aisíoc.
21.—(1) D'fhonn socrú a dhéanamh chun an Bord d'aisíoc na n-airleacan inaisíoctha a bhéarfar dóibh as an bPríomh-Chiste faoi alt 18, íocfaidh an Bord íocaíochta leathbhliantúla leis an Aire Airgeadais, a thosnós ar pé dáta, agus a leanfas ar feadh pé uimhreach blian agus a mbeidh pé méid iontu agus a bheas iníoctha pé trátha, a cheapfas an tAire sin, tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire, agus féadfar dátaí, uimhreacha blian, méideanna agus trátha éagsúla a cheapadh amhlaidh i leith coda éagsúla de na hairleacain sin.
(2) Déanfaidh an tAire Airgeadais na híocaíochta leathbhliantúla ar leithligh a bheas le déanamh leis an Aire sin ag an mBord faoin alt seo d'úsáid mar chistí fiachmhúchta chun aisíoctha na gcoda ar leithligh de na hairleacain ar ina leith a déanfar na híocaíochta leathbliantúla sin agus nuair a íocfas an Bord leis an Aire sin an méid iomlán íocaíochtaí leathbhliantúla a bheas ceaptha faoin alt seo i leith aon choda de na hairleacain sin (maraon le haon ús a bheas iníoctha faoin alt seo i leith aon cheann de na híocaíochta leathbhliantúla sin) measfar an chuid sin de na hairleacain sin a bheith aisíoctha go hiomlán ag an mBord, gan dochar do dhliteanas an Bhoird maidir le haon ús a bheas gan íoc an uair sin i leith na Coda sin de na hairleacain sin.
(3) Mura n-íocfaidh an Bord leis an Aire Airgeadais aon íocaíocht leathbhliantúil nó aon chuid d'íocaíocht leathbhliantúil is iníoctha acu leis an Aire sin faoin alt seo an tráth a bheas ceaptha chuige sin faoin alt seo, íocfaidh an Bord ús leis an Aire sin ar an íocaíocht leathbhliantúil sin nó ar an gcuid sin d'íocaíocht leathbhliantúil do réir pé ráta a cheapfas an tAire sin ó am go ham ina leith ón tráth a bheas ceaptha mar adúradh go dtí go n-íocfar an céanna iarbhír.
(4) Íocfar isteach sa Stát-Chiste an t-airgead go léir a íocfas an Bord leis an Aire Airgeadais faoin alt seo in aisíoc airleacan.
(5) Íocfar isteach sa Stát-Chiste nó cuirfear chun tairbhe don Stát-Chiste, mar ordós an tAire Airgeadais, na suimeanna go léir a íocfas an Bord leis an Aire sin faoin alt seo ar scór úis.
Cumhacht an Bhoird chun airgead a thógaint ar iasacht go sealadach.
22.—Féadfaidh an Bord, le toiliú an Aire, arna thabhairt tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Airgeadais, pé suimeanna a bheas ag teastáil uathu chun socrú a dhéanamh le haghaidh caiteachais reatha a thógáil ar iasacht go sealadach trí chomhshocraíocht le bancaerí.
CUID IV.
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
Bunú.
23.—(1) Beidh comhlucht ann ar a dtabharfar An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara (dá ngairmtear an Comhlachas san Acht seo).
(2) Aon duine a bhíos ag gabháil d'iascach mara nó ag seoladh gnótha sa trádáil imdhala éisc, beidh sé i dteideal bheith ina chomhalta den Chomhlachas.
(3) Na daoine a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda seo, ina gcomhaltaí den chomhlucht díscaoilte (mar mínítear sin le halt 25) agus a bhí tuairiscithe ina scair-chlár mar iascairí, beid ina gcomhaltaí den Chomhlachas ar é a bhunú.
(4) Bainfidh forála an Dara Sceidil leis an gComhlacas.
Feidhmeanna.
24.—Is iad feidhmeanna an Chomhlachais leasa a chomhaltaí agus an tionscail iascaigh mhara i gcoitinne a chur ar aghaidh agus pé uiríolla is cuí leis a dhéanamh leis an mBord ina leith sin.
CUID V.
Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann, Teoranta, a Dhiscaoileadh.
Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann, Teoranta, a dhíscaoileadh.
25.—Déantar leis seo Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann, Teoranta (The Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited) (dá ngairmtear an comhlucht díscaoilte anseo feasta) a dhíscaoileadh.
Maoin an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte d'aistriú chun an Bhoird.
26.—(1) Faoi réir forál an ailt seo, an mhaoin uile, réadach nó pearsanta (lena n-áirítear ábhair i gcaingean), a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda seo, dílsithe sa chomhlucht díscaoilte nó dá chuid féin aige nó ar teachtadh ar iontaobhas dó, agus gach ceart, cumhacht agus pribhléid a bhaineas nó a ghabhas le haon mhaoin den tsórt sin, tiocfaid chun bheith agus beid, ar an tosach feidhme sin, agus gan tíolacadh ná sannadh ar bith eile ach faoi réir a n-aistrithe, más gá sin, i leabhair aon bhainc nó corparáide nó cuideachtan nó údaráis, dílsithe sa Bhord nó dá gcuid féin acu nó ar teachtadh ar iontabhas dóibh (do réir mar is gá sa chás) chun an eastáit, an iontaobhais nó an leasa uile chun a raibh an céanna, díreach roimh an tosach feidhme sin, dílsithe sa chomhlucht díscaoilte nó dá chuid féin aige nó ar teachtadh ar iontaobhas dó.
(2) An mhaoin uile a haistrítear leis an alt seo agus a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda seo, ar seasamh i leabhair aon bhainc nó cláraithe i leabhair aon bhainc, corparáide, cuideachtan nó údaráis, déanfaidh an banc, an chorparáid, an chuideachta nó an t-údarás sin, ar an mBord dá iarraidh sin ar an tosach feidhme sin nó dá éis, í d'aistriú sna leabhair sin chun ainme an Bhoird.
(3) Gach ábhar i gcaingean a haistrítear leis an alt seo chun an Bhoird, féadfaidh an Bord, ar thosach feidhme na Coda seo agus dá éis, agra a dhéanamh ina leith, é a ghnóthú nó a chur i bhfeidhm ina n-ainm féin, agus ní gá don Bhord fógra a thabhairt don duine atá faoi cheangal ag an ábhar i gcaingean sin i dtaobh an aistrithe a déantar leis an alt seo.
Dliteanais an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte d'aistriú.
27.—Gach fiach agus gach dliteanas eile (lena n-áirítear dliteanais neamhleachtaithe as torta nó as sáruithe conartha) a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda seo, dlite ón gcomhlucht díscaoilte agus gan íoc aige, nó tabhaithe agus gan fuascailt aige, tiocfaidh sé chun bheith agus beidh sé, ar an tosach feidhme sin, ina fhiach nó ina dhliteanas ar an mBord agus íocfaidh nó fuasclóidh an Bord é agus féadfar é a ghnóthú ón mBord nó é a chur i bhfeidhm ina gcoinne dá réir sin.
Conartha leanúnacha an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte a choimeád i bhfeidhm.
28.—Gach banna, ráthaíocht, morgáiste nó urrús eile de chineál leanúnach a bhí déanta nó a bhí tugtha ag an gcomhlucht díscaoilte do dhuine ar bith, nó ag duine ar bith don chomhlucht díscaoilte sin, agus a bhí i bhfeidhm díreach roimh thosach feidhme na Coda seo, agus gach conradh nó comhaontú i scríbhinn a rinneadh idir an comhlucht díscaoilte agus duine eile agus nach raibh forghníomhaithe agus comhlánaithe go hiomlán roimh an tosach feidhme sin, leanfaidh sé, d'ainneoin an comhlucht díscaoilte a dhíscaoileadh, de bheith i bhfeidhm ar an tosach feidhme sin agus dá éis, ach forléireofar é agus beidh éifeacht aige amhail is dá gcuirtí ainm an Bhoird ann in ionad ainme an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte, agus beidh an t-urrús, an conradh nó an comhaontú sin inchurtha i bhfeidhm dá réir sin ag an mBord nó ina gcoinne.
Leanúint d'imeachta dlí a bheas ar feitheamh.
29.—Gach caingean, agra nó imeacht a bheas ar feitheamh ar thosach feidhme na Coda seo in aon chúirt nó binse agus a mbeidh an comhlucht díscaoilte ina pháirtí ann, tiocfaidh an Bord chun bheith agus beid, ar an tosach feidhme sin, ina pháirtí iontu, in ionad an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte agus leanfar de na himeachta sin idir an Bord agus na páirtithe eile iontu dá réir sin agus ní thitfidh aon imeachta den tsórt sin ar lár ná ní thiocfaidh deireadh leo ná ní déanfar dochar dóibh de dhroim an comhlucht díscaoilte a dhíscaoileadh.
Díolúine ó dhleacht stampa.
30.—Ní bheidh feidhm ag alt 12 den Finance Act, 1895, maidir le maoin an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte a dhílsiú sa Bhord.
Iocaíocht i leith scaireanna sa chomhlucht díscaoilte.
31.—(1) Ar thosach feidhme na Coda seo nó a luaithe is féidir dá éis sin, íocfaidh an Bord le gach duine a bhí, an lá roimh an tosach feidhme sin, ina shealbhóir cláraithe ar aon scair nó scaireanna sa chomhlucht díscaoilte (dá ngairmtear scair-shealbhóir san alt seo), agus a iarrfas íocaíocht ar an mBord, an tsuim d'íoc sé leis an gcomhlucht díscaoilte ar gach scair a bhí aige.
(2) Má bhíonn an scair-shealbhóir i bhfiacha leis an mBord mar chomharba an chomhluchta dhíscaoilte, déanfaidh an Bord an tsuim d'íoc sé ar scaireanna d'fhritháireamh i gcoinne an fhéich agus ní bheidh inaisíoctha faoi fho-alt (1) ach amháin an iarmhéid, más ann.
(3) An tsuim a híocfar le scair-shealbhóir do réir an ailt seo glacfaidh sé í in ionad agus do shásamh gach cirt agus éilimh i leith na scaireanna a bhí aige sa chomhlucht díscaoilte.
CUID VI.
Ceadunais chun Iasc Ur a Dhiol.
Ceantar lena mbainfidh an Chuid seo den Acht seo.
32.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, a dhearbhú go mbeidh aon límistéir sonraithe sa Stát ina cheantar lena mbainfidh an Chuid seo amhail ar an dáta agus ón dáta adéarfar chuige sin san ordú agus, air sin, beidh an límistéir sin ina cheantar lena mbainfidh an Chuid seo amhail ar an lá sin agus ón lá sin agus faid a leanfas an t-ordú i bhfeidhm.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire tráth ar bith, le hordú, aon ordú a rinneadh faoin alt seo a chúlghairm nó a leasú.
(3) Gach ordú a déanfar faoin alt seo leagfar é faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta, agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach, laistigh den lá agus fiche a shuífeas an Teach sin tar éis an t-ordú a leagadh faoina bhráid, rún a rith ag neamhniú an orduithe, beidh an t-ordú arna neamhniú dá réir sin, ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin ordú.
Ceadúnais díolacháin éisc.
33.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire ceadúnas (dá ngairmtear ceadúnas díolacháin éisc sa Chuid seo) chun iasc úr a dhíol ar ceant, nó chun gníomhú mar ghníomhaire chun iasc úr a dhíol ar mórreic, nó chun an dá rud sin a dhéanamh, a dheonadh d'aon duine—
(a) a dhéanfas iarratas sa bhfoirm agus sa tslí ordaithe, agus
(b) a chruthós chun sástachta an Aire gur duine oiriúnach cuí é chun ceadúnas díolacháin éisc a bheith aige, agus
(c) nach féimheach neamh-urscaoilte.
(2) Gach ceadúnas díolacháin éisc a deonfar—
(a) beidh sé sa bhfoirm ordaithe, agus
(b) beidh sainráite ann go gceadúnaíonn sé, agus oibreoidh chun go gceadúnóidh, don duine dár deonadh é iasc úr a dhíol ar ceant agus gníomhú mar ghníomhaire chun iasc úr a dhíol ar mór-reic, agus
(c) beidh sé faoi réir pé coinníoll is oiriúnach leis an Aire agus a bheas sainráite ann.
Ré cheadúnas.
34.—Mura gcúlghairmtear roimhe sin é faoin gCuid seo, leanfaidh gach ceadúnas díolacháin éisc i bhfeidhm go ceann bliana ón dáta a bheas air agus éagfaidh sé ansin.
Táillí ar cheadúnais.
35.—(1) Déanfar pé táille a shocrós an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, d'íoc ar gach ceadúnas díolacháin éisc a dheonadh, agus beidh íoc na táille ina choinníoll nach foláir a chomhlíonadh sara ndeonfar ceadúnas.
(2) Ní bhainfidh an t-alt seo le haon duine a shealbhós ceadúnas de bhuaidh forál an Achta um Cheantálaithe agus Gníomhairí Tithe, 1947.
Ceadúnais a chúlghairm.
36.—(1) Má déantar duine ar bith is sealbhóir ar cheadúnas díolacháin éisc a chiontú i gcion faoi na hAchta Iascaigh, 1842 go 1949, nó faoin Acht seo, nó a chiontú i gcion lena ngabhfaidh calaois, mímhacántacht nó sárú iontaobhais, féadfaidh an tAire an ceadúnas a chúlghairm laistigh de thrí mhí ó dháta an chiontuithe sin.
(2) Má bheartaíonn an tAire cúlghairm cheadúnais diolacháin éisc a bhreithniú, cuirfidh sé fógra leis an bpost cláraithe go dtí sealbhóir an cheadúnais sin á fhógairt dó go bhfuil sin ar intinn aige agus go bhféadfaidh an sealbhóir sin uiríolla a dhéanamh laistigh de pé tréimhse a sonrófar sa bhfógra agus breithneoidh an tAire aon uiríolla a déanfar amhlaidh.
Toirmeasc le hiasc úr a dhíol gan ceadúnas.
37.—(1) Faoi réir forál an ailt seo, ní dleathach do dhuine ar bith in aon cheantar lena mbainfidh an Chuid seo aon iasc úr a dhíol ar ceant ná gníomhú mar ghníomhaire chun aon iasc úr a dhíol ar mór-reic mura bhfuil ceadúnas díolacháin éisc aige atá i bhfeidhm de thuras na huaire.
(2) Aon duine a ghníomhós contrártha don alt seo beidh sé ciontach i gcion faoin alt seo agus, ar a chiontú ann go hachomair, dlífear, más, é an chéad chion aige é, fíneáil nach mó ná deich bpuint a chur air agus, más é an dara cion nó aon chion ina dhiaidh sin aige é, fíneáil nach mó ná fiche punt a chur air.
(3) Ní bhainfidh an t-alt seo le haon duine a dhíolfas iasc úr ar ceant nó a ghníomhós mar ghníomhaire chun iasc úr a dhíol ar mór-reic, ar cladach nó ar céibh, tar éis an t-iasc sin a chalú i gcéadóir ná le duine ar bith is gníomhaire nó ionadaí cuí-údaraithe de thuras na huaire don Bhord.
Clar na gceadúnas.
38.—(1) Bhéarfaidh an tAire go gcoimeádfar clár, dá ngairmfear agus ar a dtabharfar clár na gceadúnas díolacháin éisc, ina n-iontrálfar sonraí na gceadúnas díolacháin éisc go léir a deonfar faoin gCuid seo.
(2) Féadfaidh duine ar bith clár na gceadúnas díolacháin éisc d'iniúchadh ar é d'íoc pé táille a hordófar agus nach mó ná scilling.
Fianaise nach raibh ceadúnas ag duine.
39.—Aon deimhniú a airbheartós a bheith faoi láimh oifigigh don Aire a bheas údaraithe chuige sin ag an Aire agus a dheimhneos nach raibh duine a bheas ainmnithe sa deimhniú ina shealbhóir ar cheadúnas díolacháin éisc ar dháta sonraithe nó i gcaitheamh tréimhse sonraithe, beidh sé, go dtí go gcruthófar a mhalairt, ina fhianaise ar na fíorais a deimhneofar amhlaidh agus ní gá síniú an oifigigh sin a chruthú ná a chruthú gurbh é an t-oifigeach sin é ná go raibh sé údaraithe amhlaidh.
Táillí a dhiúscairt.
40.—(1) Déanfar na táillí go léir is iníoctha faoin gCuid seo a bhailiú agus a ghlacadh i pé slí a ordós an tAire Airgeadais ó am go ham agus íocfar isteach sa Stát-Chiste nó cuirfear chun tairbhe don Stát-Chiste iad do réir ordachán an Aire sin.
(2) Ní bheidh feidhm ag an Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, maidir le haon táillí is iníoctha faoin gCuid seo.
Acht 1931 a chúlghairm.
41.—Cúlghairmtear leis seo an tAcht Iascaigh Mhara, 1931 (Uimh. 4 de 1931).
AN CHEAD SCEIDEAL.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara
1. Beidh an Bord ina gcomhlucht corpraithe le comharbas suthain agus gnáth-shéala agus cumhacht agartha agus chun bheith inagartha faoina n-ainm chorpraithe agus cumhacht chun talamh a shealbhú.
2. (1) Beidh an Bord comhdhéanta de sheisear comhaltaí a mbeidh duine acu ina Chathaoirleach. Ní bheidh ar na comhaltaí sin níos mó ná triúr is comhaltaí nó ba comhaltaí den Stát-Sheirbhís.
(2) Is é an tAire a cheapfas an Cathaoirleach agus na comhaltaí eile.
(3) Faoi réir fo-mhíre (4), ceapfar gach comhalta in aghaidh tréimhse dhá bhlian.
(4) Má tharlaíonn folúntas í measc na gcomhaltaí, beidh an duine a ceapfar chun an folúntas a líonadh i seilbh oifige ar feadh na coda eile den tréimhse dár ceapadh a réamhtheachtaí.
(5) Féadfar comhalta a bheas ag scor d'athcheapadh.
(6) Sealbhóidh gach comhalta a oifig ar pé téarmaí a shocrós an tAire nuair a cheapfas sé é agus gheobhaidh sé pé táillí agus liúntais a chinnfeas an tAire ó am go ham le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais.
(7) Féad aidh an tAire comhalta a chur as oifig.
(8) Féadfaidh comhalta éirí as a oifig.
3. (1) Beirt is córam ag cruinniú den Bhord.
(2) Féadfaidh an Bord gníomhú d'ainneoin folúntas ina gcomhaltas.
(3) Nuair a bheas an Cathaoirleach as láthair ó chruinniú den Bhord nó má bhíonn oifig an Chathaoirligh folamh, déanfaidh na comhaltaí a bheas i láthair duine dá líon a roghnú chun gníomhú mar Chathaoirleach ar an gcruinniú.
(4) Gach ceist a éireos ag cruinniú den Bhord cinnfear í le tromlach vótaí na gcomhaltaí a bheas i láthair agus a vótálfas ar an gceist agus, i gcás comhionannas vótaí, beidh an dara vóta nó vóta réitigh ag cathaoirleach an chruinnithe.
4. (1) Déanfar séala an Bhoird, nuair a cuirfear ar dhoiciméad é, d'fhianú le síniú aon bheirt chomhaltaí.
(2) Bhéarfaidh gach cúirt bhreithiúnais aird bhreithiúnach ar shéala an Bhoird agus glacfar i bhfianaise gach doiciméad a airbheartós a bheith ina ionstraim arna déanamh ag an mBord agus a bheith séalaithe le séala an Bhoird agus a bheith fianaithe do réir na míre seo, agus measfar, gan a thuilleadh cruthúnais, gurb í an ionstraim sin í, mura gcruthaítear a mhalairt.
5. (1) Féadfaith an Bord aon cheann dá bhfeidhmeanna d'fheidhmiú agus a chomhlíonadh trí aon chomhalta nó fochoiste comhaltaí a bheas údaraithe ag an mBord chuige sin.
(2) Aon chonradh nó ionstraim nár ghá a bheith faoi shéala dá mba phearsa a dhéanfadh nó d'fhorghníomhódh é, féadfaidh aon duine a bheas údaraithe go ginearálta nó go speisialta ag an mBord chuige sin é a dhéanamh nó d'fhorghníomhú thar ceann an Bhoird.
6. Aon chomhalta den Bhord ag a mbeidh—
(a) leas ar bith in aon chuideachta nó gnólucht a mbeartóidh an Bord aon chonradh a dhéanamh leis, nó
(b) leas ar bith in aon chonradh a bheartós an Bord a dhéanamh,
nochtfaidh sé don Bhord an leas sin a bheith aige agus nochtfaidh cineál an leasa agus ní bheidh sé i láthair le linn aon díospóireachta ag an mBord maidir leis an gconradh sin, agus taifeadfar i miontuairiscí an Bhoird go ndearnadh an nochtadh sin.
7. (1) Ceapfaidh an Bord pé oifigigh agus seirbhísigh agus pé méid díobh is cuí leis an mBord ó am go ham.
(2) Féadfaidh an Bord tráth ar bith aon oifigeach nó seirbhíseach don Bhord a chur as bheith ina oifigeach nó ina sheirbhíseach den tsórt sin.
(3) Íocfaidh an Bord lena n-oifigigh agus a seirbhísigh, as cistí a bheas faoina réir, pé luach saothair agus liúntais a chinnfeas an Bord.
(4) Féadfaidh bainisteoir, a mbeidh a cheapadh agus a théarmaí oifige faoi réir a gceaduithe ag an Aire, a bheith ar oifigigh an Bhoird, má thoilíonn an tAire leis sin.
(5) Féadfaidh an Bord más oiriúnach leo, chun duine a cheapadh le post a líonadh i seirbhís an Bhoird, a iarraidh ar na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla duine a mholadh dhóibh chun a cheaptha chun an phoist sin, agus ar na Coimisinéirí d'fháil an iarratais sin déanfaid, faoi réim agus do réir Achta na nUdarás Áitiúla (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe, 1926 (Uimh. 39 de 1926), duine a roghnú agus a mholadh don Bhord chun a cheaptha chun an phoist sin agus déanfaid, más cuí leo, beirt daoine nó níos mó a roghnú agus a mholadh don Bhord le haghaidh an cheapacháin sin, agus déanfaidh an Bord, ar an moladh sin d'fháil ó na Coimisinéirí, an duine a mholfas na Coimisinéirí amhlaidh nó, má moltar amhlaidh níos mó ná duine amháin, pé duine is cuí leis an mBord de na daoine a molfar amhlaidh, a cheapadh chun an phoist sin.
(6) Íocfaidh an Bord leis na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla, as na cistí a bheas faoina réir, pé caiteachais, maidir leis an roghnú agus an moladh ag na Coimisinéirí faoin mír seo ar dhaoine chun poist i seirbhís an Bhoird a líonadh, a socrófar trí chomhaontú idir an Bord agus na Coimisinéirí le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais nó, cheal comhaontuithe den tsórt sin, a shocrós an tAire Airgeadais.
(7) Gach suim a gheobhas na Coimisinéirí um Cheapacháin Áitiúla faoi fho-mhír (6), measfar chun críocha míre (b) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 12 d'Acht na nUdarás Áitiúla (Oifigigh agus Fostaithe), 1926, gur táille í a híocadh leis na Coimisinéirí faoin Acht sin.
(8) Gach duine a bhí, díreach roimh thosach feidhme Coda III, ar fostú ag Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann, Teoranta, beidh sé, ar an tosach feidhme sin, ina chomhalta d'fhoirinn an Bhoird ar na coinníollacha céanna ar a raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh.
8. (1) Bhéarfaidh an Bord gach bliain, ar pé dáta agus i pé foirm a ordós an tAire, tuarascáil don Aire ar a n-imeachta faoin Acht seo i gcaitheamh na bliana roimhe sin.
(2) Bhéarfaidh an Bord don Aire, pé trátha agus i pé foirm agus slí a ordós an tAire, pé eolas, maidir le comhlíonadh a bhfeidhmeanna, a iarrfas an tAire.
9. (1) Coimeádfaidh an Bord, i pé foirm a cheadós an tAire tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Airgeadais, gach cuntas is cuí agus is gnáth ar an airgead go léir a gheobhas nó a chaithfeas an Bord, ar a n-áirítear cuntas caipitil, cuntas ioncaim, cuntas sochair agus dochair, agus clár comharduithe, agus go háirithe coimeádfaidh sa bhfoirm adúradh gach cuntas speisialta a ordós an tAire ó am go ham, as a threoir féin nó ar iarratas an Aire Airgeadais.
(2) Déanfar cuntais an Bhoird do gach bliain d'iniúchadh laistigh de nócha lá, nó pé tréimhse is sia ná sin a cheadós an tAire in aon chás áirithe, tar éis deireadh na bliana sin agus beid ina n-ábhar tuarascála ag iniúchóirí cuí-cháilithe a cheapfas an tAire go bliantúil chuige sin, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, agus íocfaidh an Bord táillí na n-iniúchóirí sin agus caiteachais ghinearálta an iniúchta sin.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, am agus áit agus modh stiúrtha an iniúchta ar chuntais an Bhoird faoin mír seo a cheapadh, agus féadfaidh freisin na cuntais a shonrú a mbeidh cóipeanna dhíobh le tabhairt don Aire faoin mír seo agus fós na cuntais a bheas le foilsiú agus le cur ar díol faoin mír seo maraon le ham agus modh an fhoilsithe agus an díola sin.
(4) Díreach tar éis gach iniúchta faoin mír seo ar chuntais an Bhoird, cuirfidh an Bord chun an Aire cóip den chuntas caipitil, den chuntas ioncaim, den chuntas sochair agus dochair agus den chlár comharduithe amhail mar bheid deimhnithe ag na hiniúchóirí, cóip de thuarascáil na n-iniúchóirí, agus cóipeanna de pé méid a ceapfar chuige sin faoin mír seo nó a iarrfas an tAire go speisialta de na cuntais a cuireadh faoi bhráid na n-iniúchóirí, agus foilseoidh an Bord agus cuirfidh ar díol pé méid a cheapfas an tAire chuige sin de na cuntais a cuireadh faoi bhráid na n-iniúchóirí.
AN DARA SCEIDEAL.
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
1. Déanfar an Comhlachas a bhainistí ag Coiste a bheas comhdhéanta mar leanas—
(a) ceathrar ionadaithe d'iascairí mara,
(b) ionadaí amháin don trádáil mhionreaca éisc,
(c) ionadaí amháin don trádáil mhór-reaca éisc úir, agus
(d) beirt ionadaí don trádáil imdhála éisc, seachas an trádáil mhionreaca éisc agus an trádáil mhór-reaca éisc úir.
2. (1) Go dtí go dtoghfar comhaltaí an Choiste do réir míre 8 déanfar an Comhlachas a bhainistí ag Coiste sealadach a bheas comhdhéanta mar leanas—
(a) na daoine ba stiúrthóirí tofa ar an gcomhlucht díscaoilte díreach roimh é a dhíscaoileadh, agus
(b) ceathrar eile a cheapfas an tAire tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis an mBord, ar comhalta den trádáil mhionreaca éisc duine acu, ar comhalta den trádáil mhórreaca éisc úir duine acu, agus ar comhaltaí den trádáil imdhála éisc, seachas an trádáil mhionreaca éisc agus an trádáil mhór-reaca éisc úir, an bheirt eile.
(2) Ainmneoidh an tAire duine de chomhaltaí an Choiste Shealadaigh chun bheith ina Chathaoirleach ar an gComhlachar.
(3) Beidh an Coiste sealadach i seilbh oifige go ceann tréimhse nach sia ná dhá mhí dhéag.
(4) Déanfaidh an Coiste sealadach na socruithe go léir is gá chun comhaltaí an Choiste a thoghadh do réir míre 8.
(5) Féadfaidh an Coiste agus an Coiste sealadach gníomhú d'ainneoin folúntas ina gcomhaltas.
(6) Má tharlaíonn folúntas i gcomhaltas an Choiste shealadaigh féadfaidh an tAire duine a cheapadh chun an folúntas a líonadh.
(7) Sna míreanna ina dhiaidh seo, déanfar, ach amháin mar a n-éilíonn an comhthéacs a mhalairt, tagairtí don Choiste a léamh mar thagairtí don Choiste sealadach.
3. (1) Ag gach cruinniú ginearálta bliantúil toghfaidh an Comhlachas duine de chomhaltaí an Choiste ina Chathaoirleach ar an gComhlachas.
(2) Raghaidh an Cathaoirleach as oifig nuair a toghfar a chomharba.
(3) Féadfar Cathaoirleach a bheas ag dul as oifig d'atoghadh.
(4) Má bhíonn an Cathaoirleach éagumasach go sealadach ar ghníomhú, féadfaidh an Coiste duine a cheapadh chun gníomhú ina ionad agus measfar, chun críocha an Achta seo, gurb é an duine a ghníomhós amhlaidh Cathaoirleach an Chomhlachais.
4. (1) Féadfaidh Coiste an Chomhlachais, más oiriúnach leis, Rúnaí a cheapadh ar pé téarmaí agus coinníollacha a cheadós an Bord.
(2) Déanfar luach saothair agus caiteachais an Rúnaí d'íoc as airgead a bheas ar teachtadh ar iontaobhas ag an mBord don Chomhlachas.
5. (1) Ag cruinniú den Choiste is é Cathaoirleach an Chomhlachais a bheas ina chathaoirleach ar an gcruinniú.
(2) Gach ceist a éireos ag cruinniú den Choiste cinnfear í le tromlach vótaí na gcomhaltaí a bheas i láthair agus a vótálfas ar an gceist agus, i gcás comhionannas vótaí, beidh an dara vóta nó vóta réitigh ag cathaoirleach an chruinnithe.
(3) Ceathrar is córam do chruinniú den Choiste.
(4) Faoi réir forál an Achta seo, déanfaidh an Coiste, le buanorduithe nó ar shlí eile, a nós imeachta agus a ghnó a rialáil.
6. Déanfar caiteachais taistil agus cothabhála d'íoc, a mhéid a chinnfeas an Bord ó am go ham, le comhaltaí an Choiste, as airgead a sholáthrós an Bord, i leith freastail ag cruinnithe den Chomhaltas nó den Choiste.
7. (1) Coimeádfaidh an Coiste na cláir seo a leanas de chomhaltaí—
(a) clár d'iascairí mara,
(b) clár de dhaoine a sheolas gnó sa trádáil mhionreaca éisc,
(c) clár de dhaoine a sheolas gnó sa trádáil mhór-reaca éisc úir,
(d) clár de dhaoine a sheolas gnó sa trádáil imdhála éisc, seachas an trádáil mhionreaca éisc agus an trádáil mhór-reaca éisc úir.
(2) Déanfar iarratais ar chomhaltas sa Chomhlachas chun an Choiste i pé slí a fhorálfas an Coiste.
(3) Má éiríonn aon cheist i dtaobh duine a bheith i dteideal teacht chun bheith, nó leanúint de bheith, ina chomhalta den Chomhlachas nó i dtaobh an chláir inar ceart é a chlárú, cinnfidh an Coiste an cheist.
(4) Féadfaidh an Coiste tráth ar bith comhaltas aon duine d'fhorceannadh nach bhfuil teideal aige feasta, dar leo, chun bheith ina chomhalta den chomhlachas.
(5) Má bhíonn aon duine míshásta le cinneadh an Choiste, féadfaidh sé a iarraidh ar an mBord an cheist a chinneadh agus is cinneadh críochnaitheach cinneadh an Bhoird.
(6) I gcás comhalta is comhlucht corpraithe nó comhlucht neamhchorpraithe daoine is é an t-aon tslí amháin a bhféadfaidh sé a fheidhmeanna mar chomhalta d'fheidhmiú ná trí phearsa a ainmneos sé go cuí ó am go ham mar ionadaí dhó agus measfar, chun críocha an Achta seo, an t-ionadaí a bheith ina chomhalta den Chomhlachas agus a bheith iontráilte sa chlár in ionad an chomhalta darb ionadaí é.
(7) Bhéarfaidh an Coiste don Bhord pé eolas i dtaobh comhaltais an Chomhlachais a iarrfas an Bord ó am go ham.
8. (1) Toghfar comhaltaí Choiste an Chomhlachais do réir na míre seo.
(2) (a) Chun críche toghcháin an cheathrar ionadaithe d'iascairí mara beidh cheithre toghranna ann, eadhon:
(i) Toghroinn A, ina n-áirítear contaethe Bhaile Atha Cliath, Lughbhaidh, na Midhe, Phortláirge, Loch Garmain agus Chill Mantan,
(ii) Toghroinn B, ina n-áirítear contaethe Chorcaighe, Chiarraighe agus Luimnigh,
(iii) Toghroinn C, ina n-áirítear contaethe an Chláir, na Gaillimhe agus Mhuigheo,
(iv) Toghroinn D, ina n-áirítear Contaethe Dhún na nGall, Liatroma agus Shligigh.
(b) Toghfaidh gach toghroinn ionadaí amháin.
(c) Is é a bheas sa toghlucht do gach toghroinn gach duine a bheas iontráilte sa chlár d'iascairí mara agus ar laistigh den toghroinn sin dá sheoladh do réir an chláir.
(d) Aon duine nach bhfuil a sheoladh, do réir an chláir, in aon cheann de na contaethe a luaitear i gclásal (a), beidh sé ina chomhalta den toghlucht do pé toghroinn is rogha leis.
(3) Is é a bheas sa toghlucht do thoghcháin ar leithligh na n-ionadaithe trádála dá dtagartar i gclásail (b), (c) agus (d) de mhír 1, na daoine a bheas iontráilte sa chlár iomchuí faoi mhír 7.
(4) Mura ndéantar ionadaí a thoghadh faoi fho-mhír (2) nó fo-mhír (3), féadfaidh an tAire pearsa ar bith a cheapadh ina ionadaí.
(5) Comórfar toghchán do chomhaltaí an Choiste sa bhliain 1953 agus i ngach tríú bliain as a chéile ina dhiaidh sin.
(6) (a) Déanfar an vótaíocht don toghchán a comórfar in aon bhliain áirithe a chríochnú seacht lá ar a laghad roimh an dáta dá dtionólfar cruinniú ginearálta bliantúil na bliana sin.
(b) Beidh comhaltaí an Choiste a bheas in oifig de thuras na huaire i seilbh oifige nó go ndearbhófar toradh an toghcháin ag an gcruinniú ginearálta bliantúil, agus air sin raghaidh na daoine a toghfar amhlaidh i seilbh oifige.
(7) Ní bheidh aon duine i dteideal bheith ina iarrthóir le haghaidh toghadh ionadaí ach amháin pearsa is comhalta den toghlucht don toghchán sin.
(8) Féadfaidh an tAire rialacha a dhéanamh i dtaobh toghcháin faoin alt seo a stiúrú.
9. (1) Má tharlaíonn corrfholúntas i measc ionadaithe na n-iascairí mara ar an gCoiste, féadfaidh an Coiste, chun an folúntas a líonadh, pearsa a chomhthoghadh a bheas iontráilte de thuras na huaire sa chlár de chomhaltaí is iascairí mara agus a mbeidh a sheoladh, do réir an chláir, laistigh den toghroinn arbh ionadaí dhi an comhalta a chuaigh as oifig.
(2) Má tharlaíonn corrfholúntas i measc comhaltaí an Choiste, seachas ionadaithe na n-iascairí mara, féadfaidh an Coiste, chun an folúntas a líonadh, pearsa a chomhthoghadh a bheas iontráilte de thuras na huaire sa chlár céanna leis an gcomhalta a chuaigh as oifig.
10. (1) Tionólfaidh an Coiste cruinniú ginearálta bliantúil den Chomhlachas sa bhliain 1953 agus i ngach blíain ina dhiaidh sin.
(2) Is é Cathaoirleach an Chomhlachais a bheas i gceannas ag gach cruinniú ginearálta.
(3) Dáréag is córam ag cruinniú ginearálta.
(4) Faoi réir forál an Achta seo, rialóidh an Bord, le buanorduithe nó ar shlí eile. nós imeachta agus gnó cruinnithe ginearálta an Chomhlachais.
11. (1) Cuirfidh an Bord ar fáil, gach bliain, cóiríocht chun go ndéanfar ceithre cruinnithe den Choiste a thionól i mBaile Atha Cliath nó i pé áit eile ar a gcomhaontóidh an Bord agus an Coiste agus cruinniú ginearálta amháin den Chomhlachas a thionól.
(2) Féadfaidh an Bord, ar an gCoiste dá iarraidh sin, seirbhísí comhaltaí dá bhfoirinn a chur ar fáil chun gníomhú mar Rúnaí ag na cruinnithe den Choiste agus den Chomhlachas dá gcuirfear cóiríocht ar fáil faoin mír seo agus chun toghcháin a stiúrú agus chun obair chléireachais ghinearálta an Chomhlachais a dhéanamh.
(3) (a) Ar feadh an dá mhí dhéag ó dháta an Chomhlachais a bhunú, ní dhéanfaidh an Bord aon éileamh i leith na seirbhísí a cuirfear ar fáil amhlaidh ná i leith aon eisíocaíochta ina dtaobh.
(b) Ina dhiaidh sin, íocfaidh an Comhlachas leis an mBord i leith na seirbhísí agus na heisíocaíochta sin, pé suimeanna ar a gcomhaontófar ó am go ham idir an Coiste agus an Bord nó, cheal comhaontuithe, a shocrós an tAire, agus féadfaidh an Bord méid na suimeanna sin a chúiteamh leo féin as airgead a bheas ar teachtadh acu don Chomhlachas.
12. (1) Beidh táille iontrála iníoctha ag gach duine a bheas ina chomhalta den Chomhlachas, ach amháin duine a bheas ina chomhalta de bhuaidh fo-ailt (3) d'alt 23.
(2) Is é an táille iontrála—
(a) d'iascaire mara, scilling;
(b) d'aon duine eile, cúig scillinge.
(3) Íocfaidh gach comhalta síntiús bliantúil de chúig scillinge, a bheas dlite agus iníoctha an lú lá d'Iúil.
(4) D'ainneoin aon ní contrártha dhó sin in alt 23 nó sa Sceideal seo, ní bheidh teideal ag comhalta ná ag ionadaí uaidh beith i láthair ag cruinniú den Choiste ná den Chomhlachas ná é d'áireamh chun críocha córam ná bheith ina chomhalta de thoghlucht faoi mhír 8 faid a bheas aon tsuim a bheas dlite uaidh agus iníoctha aige i leith táille iontrála nó síntiúis gan íoc.
(5) Is é an Coiste a ghlacfas agus a bhaileos táillí iontrála agus síntiúis agus cuirfid an t-airgead go léir a gheobhaid amhlaidh chun an Bhoird lena theachtadh thar ceann an Chomhlachais.
(6) Gníomhóidh an Bord mar iontaobhaithe don Chomhlachas i leith an airgid go léir a gheobhaid thar a cheann agus déanfaid pé íocaíochta as a iarrfas Coiste an Chomhlachais go cuí.
(7) Coimeádfaidh an Bord gach cuntas is gnáth agus is cuí ar an airgead go léir a gheobhaid nó a chaithfid thar ceann an Chomhlachais agus, a luaithe is féidir tar éis deireadh gach bliana, bhéarfaid do Choiste an Chomhlachais ráiteas cuntas don bhliain sin arna iniúchadh ag iniúchóirí cuí-cháilithe a cheapfas an tAire go bliantúil chuige sin, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, agus déanfar táillí na n-iniúchóirí sin agus caiteachais ghinearálta an iniúchta sin d'íoc as airgead an Chomhlachais.
Number 7 of 1952.
SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1952.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General.
Section | |
Laying of reports and accounts of Board before Houses of Oireachtas. | |
Regulation of Sea-Fishing.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Establishment and Functions.
Financial Provisions.
Provision of money for advances to the Board out of the Central Fund. | |
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
Dissolution of Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited.
Dissolution of the Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited. | |
Licences to Sell Fresh Fish.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
Acts Referred to | |
No. 33 of 1947 | |
No. 13 of 1949 | |
No. 4 of 1931 | |
No. 39 of 1926 | |
Number 7 of 1952.
SEA FISHERIES ACT, 1952.
PART I.
Preliminary and General.
Short title.
1.—This Act may be cited as the Sea Fisheries Act, 1952.
Definitions.
2.—In this Act—
“the Association” means the body established by section 23;
“the Board” means the body established by section 14;
“the distributive fish trade” includes the wholesale fish trade, the retail fish trade and the business of curing, smoking, canning or otherwise processing fish for sale;
“fresh fish” means fish which has not been salted, smoked, cured or otherwise artificially preserved, but includes fish which has been preserved solely by refrigeration;
“licence” means a licence under section 9;
“master”, in relation to a sea-fishing boat, means the master, skipper or other person for the time being in charge of the boat;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;
“sea-fish” means fish of any kind found in the sea and whether fresh or in other condition and includes crustaceans and molluscs found in the sea;
“sea-fishing” means fishing for or taking sea-fish in tidal waters;
“sea-fishing boat” means any ship, boat or other vessel of whatsoever kind used for sea-fishing, and includes any ship, boat or other vessel used for the treatment of fish or wholly or mainly for the transport of fish;
“seafisherman” means an individual who engages in sea-fishing and does not directly engage in either the wholesale or retail sale of fresh fish;
“the wholesale fish trade” includes the business of auctioning fish.
Commencement.
3.—This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.
Laying of Regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.
4.—Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the regulation.
Laying of reports and accounts of Board before Houses of Oireachtas.
5.—The Minister shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas a copy of every report made to him by the Board under this Act, together with a copy of the last capital account, revenue account, profit and loss account, and balance sheet of the Board and a copy of the auditors' report on such accounts and balance sheet and shall with every such report by the Board lay before each House of the Oireachtas copies of such information, returns and accounts furnished to him under this Act as may be necessary for the proper understanding of such report.
Prosecution of offences.
6.—(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted save by or with the consent of the Minister.
(2) Every offence under this Act may be prosecuted by or at the suit of the Minister as prosecutor.
Expenses.
7.—All expenses of carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
PART II.
Regulation of Sea-Fishing.
Regulations.
8.—(1) The Minister may make such regulations for the landing and sale of sea-fish and for the storage, handling, transport, processing and treating of sea-fish as appear to him to be necessary or desirable.
(2) Before making regulations the Minister shall consult the Board and, unless in his opinion it is impracticable to do so, the Association or its Committee.
Licensing of vessels for sea-fishing.
9.—(1) No vessel exceeding thirty-five feet over all in length shall be used for sea-fishing except under and in accordance with a licence under this section.
(2) (a) A licence for a vessel may be granted by the Minister on application made by or on behalf of the owner, charterer or hirer of the vessel.
(b) The application shall be in the prescribed form and contain such particulars as the Minister may require.
(3) (a) A licence shall not be granted unless the vessel is registered in the State under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1947, and is owned by an Irish citizen or a company incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, the whole of the share capital of which is held by Irish citizens.
(b) This prohibition shall not apply in relation to the Board or to a vessel which on the 1st day of February, 1952, is registered in the State under the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1947, so long as it continues to be so registered.
(4) A licence may be granted without limit as to time or for a specified period.
(5) A licence may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit, including restrictions on sea-fishing either generally or in regard to methods of sea-fishing in particular places and as to disposal of the catches and the Minister may from time to time vary any condition or impose new conditions.
(6) Where—
(a) a vessel is licensed under this Act, and
(b) any person being owner, charterer or hirer of the vessel, or if such person is a body corporate, any member thereof or the master of the vessel is directly engaged in either the wholesale or retail sale of fresh fish,
the catches of the vessel shall be delivered for sale to the Board or disposed of according to the directions of the Board.
(7) A licence for a vessel shall be valid only if and so long as no person, other than a person named in the licence or his legal personal representative, is the owner, charterer or hirer of the vessel.
(8) A licence shall be carried on board the vessel to which it relates and the owner, charterer, hirer or master shall, on demand, produce the licence for inspection by any sea fisheries protection officer under the Sea Fisheries Protection Act, 1933, as amended by section 34 of the Fisheries (Statute Law Revision) Act, 1949.
Restrictions on grant of licence.
10.—Subject to section 9 the Minister shall grant a licence to an applicant unless—
(a) a former licence granted to him has been revoked, or
(b) the applicant or any other person who, if the licence were granted, would be concerned in the management of the vessel, whether as owner, charterer, hirer or master, was concerned in the management of a vessel in any such capacity at a time when an offence was committed by reason of which a licence for that vessel was revoked.
Revocation of licence.
11.—(1) Where a person is convicted for contravention of a condition of a licence the Minister may, within three months after such conviction, revoke the licence if there has been a previous conviction for contravention of a condition of the licence.
(2) Where the Minister proposes to consider the revocation of a licence he shall send by registered post to the holder thereof notice of his intention and of the fact that representations may be made by that holder within such period as shall be specified in the notice and the Minister shall consider any representations so made.
Surrender of revoked and out-of-date licences.
12.—The holder of a licence which has expired or is revoked shall, within fourteen days after the date of expiration or revocation, surrender the licence document to the Minister.
Offences.
13.—(1) Any person who contravenes (whether by act or omission) any provisions of this Part or of any regulations under section 8 and the owner, charterer, hirer and master of the vessel concerned shall each be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence against this Act the court by whom he is convicted may order him to pay the costs of the prosecution.
(3) A prosecution for an offence against this Act may be heard and determined by any justice of the District Court.
PART III.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Establishment and Functions.
Establishments.
14.—(1) There shall be a body to be known as An Board Iascaigh Mhara (in this Act referred to as the Board) to perform the functions given to them by this Act.
(2) The provisions of the First Schedule shall apply to the Board.
Functions generally.
15.—(1) It shall be the general duty of the Board to exercise the functions which, immediately before the commencement of Part V, were exercised or capable of being exercised by Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann Teoranta (The Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited).
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) and in addition to the powers conferred upon the Board by any other provision of this Act, the Board shall have the following powers—
(a) to acquire, receive on transfer, hold, sell, mortgage, lease or let land, buildings, markets, premises, or plant and to erect, alter, or maintain buildings, markets, premises, or plant necessary for the discharge or exercise of their duties or powers under this Act;
(b) to acquire, receive on transfer, make, own, store, hire, charter, sell or supply sea-fishing boats and their machinery or fittings, as well as nets and other gear and requisites for sea-fishing or for the handling, transport, freezing, icing, preservation, curing or other treatment of fish or fish products or the marketing of fish;
(c) to purchase, store or sell fuel and lubricating and other oils for use in the running of sea-fishing boats;
(d) to smoke, salt, can, or otherwise cure or preserve fish;
(e) to engage in the business of wholesale or retail dealers in fish, fish curers and fishmongers, and also in the business of salt dealers and that of coopers;
(f) to carry on or engage in sea-fishing;
(g) to acquire, receive on transfer, own, hire, manage, service, supply, or sell waggons, cars, motor vans, or other conveyances, containers, or means, or appliances for the transport of fish, or any other commodities which the Board are empowered to buy, supply or sell;
(h) to repair sea-fishing boats and their machinery and other parts and equipment, including nets or other gear for use in sea-fishing;
(i) to undertake exploratory and experimental work with a view to the provision of new and improved types of sea-fishing boats, engines and equipment generally for the sea-fishing industry;
(j) to develop and improve the sea-fishing industry by the introduction of improved methods and conditions in the catching, grading, curing, packing, transporting and marketing of fish, and by the provision of cold storage and curing stations and of pounds or ponds or other facilities for the collection and storage of lobsters and other fish;
(k) to become licencee of and to stock oyster beds and to propagate oysters;
(l) to develop new markets for fresh, cured and preserved fish;
(m) to develop and further co-operative dealing and more especially in regard to the collection, transportation, distribution and sale of fish and fish products;
(n) to prepare, enter into, maintain, and, from time to time, alter and vary such contract or contracts as may be deemed expedient with a view to the purposes aforesaid;
(o) to provide for, print, and circulate bulletins, periodicals, pamphlets, and other literature and cinematograph films and other forms of publicity as the Board may deem advisable in the interests of the sea-fishing industry;
(p) to hire or supply labour for carrying on fishing or other work appertaining or ancillary thereto;
(q) to make arrangements with persons or firms engaged in any trade, business, or profession for the concession to seafishermen or others of any special rights, privileges, and advantages, and in particular in regard to the supply and conveyance of goods;
(r) to advance or lend any of the capital or other moneys of the Board for the time being on satisfactory security to seafishermen or others in pursuance of the powers of the Board;
(s) to promote and encourage insurance by seafishermen and take the necessary steps to secure indemnity to them against losses of property by fire or other accident and against pecuniary liability in respect of claims under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, or other legislation, or otherwise, in respect of accidents or injuries, malicious or accidental happening to employees or to property of those persons or of the Board;
(t) to exercise and perform any functions, powers and duties transferred by law from the Minister to the Board in relation to the conservation and development of the sea-fishing industry;
(u) generally to engage in any business or transaction or to promote or facilitate any arrangements, measures or transactions which may seem to the Board directly or indirectly conducive to the development of the sea-fishing industry or to the interests or convenience of sea-fishermen or in pursuance thereof and to undertake such other functions and to do all things which may be necessary or expedient from time to time for exercising the said powers or any of them.
(3) The Board may, with the consent of the Minister, make rules with respect to the exercise of their functions under this section.
(4) The provisions of subsection (2) shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Board conferred by subsection (1) or by any other provision of this Act whether a like power is referred to in subsection (2) or not.
(5) In relation to a conveyance or transfer under which the Board become entitled to any beneficial interest, section 13 (which alters the stamp duties on conveyances and transfers of land) of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947 (No. 33 of 1947), as amended by subsequent enactments, shall have effect as if the conveyance or transfer contained such a statement as is referred to in subsection (4) of that section and the facts existed to justify that statement.
(6) In relation to a lease under which the Board become entitled to any beneficial interest, section 24 (which alters the stamp duties on leases) of the Finance Act, 1949 (No. 13 of 1949), as amended by subsequent enactments, shall have effect as if the lease contained a statement such as is referred to in subsection (4) of that section and the facts existed to justify that statement.
Financial Provisions.
Annual estimate of Board's requirements.
16.—In each financial year the Board shall submit to the Minister an estimate of their financial requirements by way of grant and repayable advances for the ensuing financial year.
Grants.
17.—In each financial year there may be paid to the Board, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, a grant of such amount as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may sanction towards the expenses of the Board.
Advances to the Board out of the Central Fund.
18.—(1) For the purpose of enabling the Board to exercise or perform their functions, the Minister for Finance may, on the recommendation of the Minister, advance from time to time to the Board, out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof, such sums (not exceeding in the aggregate five hundred thousand pounds) as the Board may from time to time request.
(2) The sums advanced under this section shall be repayable with interest in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this Act.
Provision of money for advances to the Board out of the Central Fund.
19.—(1) The Minister for Finance may, for the purpose of providing for the advance of sums out of the Central Fund under section 18 borrow on the security of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof such sums as shall be required for that purpose, and the said Minister may, for the purposes of such borrowing, create and issue securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption, or otherwise as he thinks fit, and shall pay all moneys so borrowed into the Exchequer.
(2) The principal of and interest on all securities issued under this section shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
Payment of interest on repayable advances.
20.—(1) The Board shall pay to the Minister for Finance on every sum advanced to the Board out of the Central Fund under section 18 and which is repayable interest from the date of the advance of such sum until the same is repaid at such rate as shall from time to time be appointed by the Minister for Finance in respect of such sum, and such interest shall be so paid by half-yearly payments on such days in every year as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time appoint.
(2) If the Board fail to pay to the Minister for Finance any interest payable by them under this section at the time appointed in that behalf under this section, the Board shall pay to the said Minister interest at the rate appointed by the said Minister on the interest so unpaid from the time appointed as aforesaid until the same is actually paid.
(3) All interest paid to the Minister for Finance by the Board under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the said Minister may direct.
Repayment of repayable advances.
21.—(1) For the purpose of providing for the repayment by the Board of the advances made to them out of the Central Fund under section 18 which are repayable, the Board shall make to the Minister for Finance half-yearly payments, commencing on such date, and continuing for such number of years and being of such amounts and payable at such times as the said Minister, after consultation with the Minister, shall appoint, and different such dates, numbers of years, amounts, and times may be so appointed in respect of different portions of such advances.
(2) The several half-yearly payments to be made to the Minister for Finance by the Board under this section shall be applied by the said Minister as sinking funds for the repayment of the several portions of the advances in respect of which such half-yearly payments are made and when the Board have paid to the said Minister the full number of half-yearly payments appointed under this section in respect of any portion of such advances (together with any interest which may have become payable under this section in respect of any of such half-yearly payments) such portion of such advances shall be deemed to be fully repaid by the Board, without prejudice to the liability of the Board for any interest then unpaid in respect of such portion of such advances.
(3) If the Board fail to pay to the Minister for Finance any half-yearly payment or portion of a half-yearly payment payable by them to the said Minister under this section at the time appointed in that behalf under this section, the Board shall pay to the said Minister on such half-yearly payment or portion of a half-yearly payment interest at such rate as shall from time to time be appointed by the said Minister in respect thereof from the time appointed as aforesaid until the same is actually paid.
(4) All moneys paid by the Board to the Minister for Finance under this section in repayment of advances shall be paid into the Exchequer.
(5) All sums paid by the Board to the Minister for Finance under this section on foot of interest shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the said Minister may direct.
Power of the Board to borrow temporarily.
22.—The Board may, with the consent of the Minister, given after consultation with the Minister for Finance, borrow temporarily by arrangement with bankers such sums as they may require for the purpose of providing for current expenditure.
PART IV.
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
Establishment.
23.—(1) There shall be a body to be known as An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara (in this Act referred to as the Association).
(2) Any person engaged in sea-fishing or carrying on business in the distributive fish trade shall be eligible for membership of the Association.
(3) The persons who, immediately before the commencement of this Part, were members of the dissolved body (as defined by section 25) and were described in its share register as fishermen shall become members of the Association upon its establishment.
(4) The provisions of the Second Schedule shall apply to the Association.
Functions.
24.—The functions of the Association shall be to further the interests of its members and of the sea-fishing industry in general and to make such representations as it thinks proper to the Board in relation thereto.
PART V.
Dissolution of Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited.
Dissolution of the Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited.
25.—Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara na hÉireann, Teoranta (The Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited), hereinafter referred to as the dissolved body is hereby dissolved.
Transfer of property of the dissolved body to the Board.
26.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section all property whether real or personal (including choses-in-action) which immediately before the commencement of this Part was vested in, or belonged to or was held in trust for the dissolved body and all rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with any such property shall, on such commencement and without any conveyance or assignment but subject where necessary to transfer in the books of any bank, corporation or company or authority, become and be vested in or the property of or held in trust for (as the case may require) the Board for all the estate, trust or interest for which the same immediately before such commencement was vested in or belonged to or was held in trust for the dissolved body.
(2) All property transferred by this section which, immediately before the commencement of this Part was standing in the books of any bank or was registered in the books of any bank, corporation, company or authority shall, upon the request of the Board made on or after such commencement be transferred in such books by such bank, corporation, company or authority into the name of the Board.
(3) On and after the commencement of this Part every chose-in-action transferred by this section to the Board may be sued upon, recovered or enforced by the Board in their own name and it shall not be necessary for the Board to give notice to the person bound by such chose-in-action of the transfer effected by this section.
Transfer of liabilities of the dissolved body.
27.—Every debt and other liability (including unliquidated liabilities arising from torts or breaches of contract) which immediately before the commencement of this Part was owing and unpaid or has been incurred and is undischarged by the dissolved body shall, on such commencement, become and be the debt or liability of the Board and shall be paid or discharged by and may be recovered from or enforced against the Board accordingly.
Preservation of continuing contracts of the dissolved body.
28.—Every bond, guarantee, mortgage or other security of a continuing nature made or given by the dissolved body to any person, or by any person to such dissolved body, and in force immediately before the commencement of this Part, and every contract or agreement in writing made between the dissolved body and another person and not fully executed and completed before such commencement shall notwithstanding the dissolution of the dissolved body, continue in force on and after such commencement but shall be construed and have effect as if the name of the Board were substituted therein for the name of the dissolved body, and such security, contract, or agreement shall be enforceable by or against the Board accordingly.
Continuance of pending legal proceedings.
29.—In every action, suit or proceedings which is pending at the commencement of this Part in any court or tribunal and to which the dissolved body is a party, the Board shall on such commencement become and be a party in the place of the dissolved body and such proceedings shall be continued between the Board and the other parties thereto accordingly and no such proceedings shall abate or be discontinued or prejudicially affected by reason of the dissolution of the dissolved body.
Exemption from stamp duty.
30.—Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895, shall not apply to the vesting in the Board of the property of the dissolved body.
Payment in respect of shares in dissolved body.
31.—(1) On or as soon as may be after the commencement of this Part the Board shall pay to each person who was, on the day before such commencement the registered holder of any share or shares of the dissolved body (in this section referred to as a shareholder) and who applies to the Board for payment, the sum paid by him to the dissolved body for each share held by him.
(2) Where the shareholder is indebted to the Board as successor to the dissolved body, the Board shall set-off the sum paid by him for shares against the debt and only the balance, if any, shall be repayable under subsection (1).
(3) The sum paid to a shareholder in accordance with this section shall be accepted by him in lieu of and in satisfaction of all rights and claims in respect of the shares of the dissolved body held by him.
PART VI.
Licences to Sell Fresh Fish.
District to which this Part of this Act applies.
32.—(1) The Minister may by order declare that any specified area in the State shall as on and from the date stated in that behalf in the order be a district to which this Part applies and thereupon such area shall, as on and from that day and so long as the order remains in force, be a district to which this Part applies.
(2) The Minister may at any time by order revoke or amend an order made under this section.
(3) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
Fish sales licences.
33.—(1) The Minister may grant a licence (in this Part referred to as a fish sales licence) to sell by auction fresh fish or to act as agent for the sale by wholesale of fresh fish or to do both those things to any person who—
(a) applies in the prescribed form and manner, and
(b) satisfies the Minister that he is a fit and proper person to hold a fish sales licence, and
(c) is not an undischarged bankrupt.
(2) Every fish sales licence shall—
(a) be in the prescribed form, and
(b) be expressed and operate to license the person to whom it is granted to sell by auction fresh fish and to act as agent for the sale by wholesale of fresh fish, and
(c) be subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and are expressed therein.
Duration of licences.
34.—Every fish sales licence shall, unless sooner revoked under this Part, remain in force for one year from the date thereof and shall then expire.
Fees on licences.
35.—(1) There shall be paid on the grant of every fish sales licence such fee as may be fixed by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and the payment of the fee shall be a condition precedent to the grant of a licence.
(2) This section shall not apply to any person holding a licence by virtue of the provisions of the Auctioneers and House Agents Act, 1947.
Revocation of licences.
36.—(1) If any person being the holder of a fish sales licence is convicted of an offence under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1949, or under this Act, or is convicted of an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or breach of trust, the Minister may, within three months after such conviction, revoke the licence.
(2) Where the Minister proposes to consider the revocation of a fish sales licence he shall send by registered post to the holder thereof notice of his intention and of the fact that representations may be made by such holder within such period as shall be specified in the notice and the Minister shall consider any representations so made.
Prohibition of sale of fresh fish without licence.
37.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for any person in any district to which this Part applies to sell by auction any fresh fish or to act as agent for the sale by wholesale of any fresh fish unless he holds a fish sales licence for the time being in force.
(2) Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
(3) This section shall not apply to any person who sells by auction fresh fish or who acts as agent for the sale by wholesale of fresh fish at the seashore or quayside upon such fish being first landed or to any person who is for the time being a duly authorised agent or representative of the Board.
Register of licences.
38.—(1) The Minister shall cause to be kept a register to be called and known as the register of fish sales licences in which there shall be entered particulars of all fish sales licences granted under this Part.
(2) Any person may inspect the register of fish sales licences on payment of such fee, not exceeding one shilling, as shall be prescribed.
Evidence of non-holding of licence.
39.—A certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Minister authorised in that behalf by the Minister and certifying that a person named in the certificate was not the holder of a fish sales licence on a specified date or during a specified period shall until the contrary is proved be evidence of the facts so certified and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of such officer or that he was in fact such officer or was so authorised.
Disposal of fees.
40.—(1) All fees payable under this Part shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the said Minister.
(2) The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, shall not apply in respect of any fees payable under this Part.
Repeal of Act of 1931.
41.—The Sea Fisheries Act, 1931 (No. 4 of 1931), is hereby repealed.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Incorporation.
1. The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and power to sue and be sued in their corporate name and to hold land.
Membership.
2. (1) The Board shall consist of six members of whom one shall be Chairman. Not more than three of the members shall be or have been members of the Civil Service.
(2) The Chairman and the other members shall be appointed by the Minister.
(3) Subject to subparagraph (4), each member shall be appointed for a period of two years.
(4) Where a vacancy occurs amongst the members, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the period for which his predecessor was appointed.
(5) A retiring member may be re-appointed.
(6) Each member shall hold office upon such terms as may be fixed by the Minister when appointing him and shall receive such fees and allowances as may from time to time be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
(7) The Minister may remove a member from office.
(8) A member may resign his office.
Procedure.
3. (1) The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall be two.
(2) The Board may act notwithstanding vacancies in their membership.
(3) When the Chairman is absent from a meeting of the Board or if the office of Chairman is vacant, the members who are present shall select one of their number to act as Chairman of the meeting.
(4) Every question at a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
Seal of the Board.
4. (1) The seal of the Board shall, when applied to a document, be attested by the signature of any two members.
(2) All courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Board and every document purporting to be an instrument made by the Board and to be sealed with the seal of the Board and to be attested in accordance with this paragraph shall, unless the contrary is shown, be received in evidence and be deemed to be such instrument without further proof.
Exercise of functions.
5. (1) The Board may exercise and perform any of their functions through or by any member or sub-committee of members authorised by the Board in that behalf.
(2) Any contract or instrument which, if entered into or executed by an individual, would not require to be under seal may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Board by any person generally or specially authorised by the Board for that purpose.
Disclosure by members of the Board of interest in proposed contract.
6. A member of the Board who has—
(a) any interest in any company or concern with which the Board propose to make any contract, or
(b) any interest in any contract which the Board propose to make,
shall disclose to the Board the fact of such interest and the nature thereof, and shall not be present during any discussion by the Board relating to such contract, and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board.
Officers and servants of the Board.
7. (1) The Board shall appoint such and so many officers and servants as the Board from time to time think proper.
(2) The Board may at any time remove any officer or servant of the Board from being such officer or servant.
(3) There shall be paid by the Board to their officers and servants out of funds at their disposal such remuneration and allowances as the Board shall determine.
(4) The officers of the Board may, with the consent of the Minister, include a manager whose appointment and terms of office shall be subject to the approval of the Minister.
(5) The Board may, if they so think fit, for the purpose of the appointment of a person to fill a situation in the service of the Board request the Local Appointments Commissioners to recommend to them a person for appointment to such situation, and the Commissioners on receiving such request shall select and recommend under and in accordance with the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926), to the Board a person for appointment to such a situation and shall, if they so think proper, select and recommend to the Board two or more persons for such appointment, and the Board on receiving from the Commissioners such recommendation shall appoint to such situation the person so recommended by the Commissioners or, where more than one person is so recommended, such one of the persons so recommended as the Board think proper.
(6) The Board shall pay to the Local Appointments Commissioners out of the funds at their disposal such expenses in respect of the selection and recommendation by the Commissioners under this paragraph of persons to fill situations in the service of the Board as shall be fixed by agreement between the Board and the Commissioners with the consent of the Minister for Finance or, in default of such agreement, by the Minister for Finance.
(7) Every sum received by the Local Appointments Commissioners under subparagraph (6), shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (b), of subsection (2), of section 12, of the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926, to be a fee paid to the Commissioners under that Act.
(8) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of Part III, was employed by the Irish Sea Fisheries Association, Limited, shall, upon such commencement, become a member of the staff of the Board on the same conditions as those subject to which he was so employed.
Reports and information by the Board.
8. (1) The Board shall in each year, at such date and in such form as the Minister may direct, make to the Minister a report of their proceedings under this Act during the preceding year.
(2) The Board shall furnish to the Minister at such times and in such form and manner as the Minister may direct such information, with regard to the performance of their functions, as the Minister may require.
Accounts and audits.
9. (1) The Board shall keep in such form as shall be approved by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Finance all proper and usual accounts of all moneys received or expended by them, including a capital account, revenue account, profit and loss account, and a balance sheet, and in particular shall keep in such form as aforesaid all such special accounts as the Minister on his own motion, or at the request of the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct.
(2) The accounts of the Board for each year shall be audited within ninety days or such longer time as the Minister may in any particular case allow after the end of that year and shall be the subject of a report by duly qualified auditors appointed annually for the purpose by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and the fees of such auditors and the expenses generally of such audits shall be paid by the Board.
(3) The Minister may with the consent of the Minister for Finance appoint the time, place, and method of conducting the audit of the accounts of the Board under this paragraph and may also appoint the accounts of which copies are to be furnished to the Minister under this paragraph and the accounts which are to be published and put on sale under this paragraph and the time and method of such publication and sale.
(4) Immediately after every audit under this paragraph of the accounts of the Board, the Board shall send to the Minister a copy of the capital account, revenue account, profit and loss account and balance sheet as certified by the auditors, a copy of the auditors' report, and copies of such of the accounts submitted to the auditors as are appointed in that behalf under this paragraph or may be specially called for by the Minister, and shall publish and put on sale such of the accounts submitted to the auditors as are appointed in that behalf by the Minister.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
An Comhlachas Iascaigh Mhara.
Committee.
1. The Association shall be managed by a Committee consisting of—
(a) four representatives of seafishermen,
(b) one representative of the retail fish trade,
(c) one representative of the wholesale fresh fish trade, and
(d) two representatives of the distributive fish trade, other than the retail fish trade and the wholesale fresh fish trade.
Provisional Committee.
2. (1) Pending the election of members of the Committee in accordance with paragraph 8, the Association shall be managed by a provisional Committee consisting of—
(a) those persons who were the elected directors of the dissolved body immediately before its dissolution, and
(b) four other persons appointed by the Minister after consultation with the Board, of whom one shall be a member of the retail fish trade, one of the wholesale fresh fish trade and two shall be members of the distributive fish trade, other than the retail fish trade and the wholesale fresh fish trade.
(2) The Minister shall nominate one of the members of the provisional Committee to be Chairman of the Association.
(3) The provisional Committee shall hold office for a period not exceeding twelve months.
(4) The provisional Committee shall make all necessary arrangements for the election of members of the Committee in accordance with paragraph 8.
(5) The Committee and the provisional Committee may act notwithstanding vacancies in their membership.
(6) Where a vacancy occurs in the membership of the provisional Committee the Minister may appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(7) In the subsequent paragraphs references to the Committee shall, save where the context otherwise requires, be read as including reference to the provisional Committee.
Chairman.
3. (1) At each annual general meeting the Association shall elect from amongst the members of the Committee a person to be Chairman of the Association.
(2) The Chairman shall go out of office on the election of his successor.
(3) An outgoing Chairman shall be eligible for re-election.
(4) Where the Chairman is temporarily unable to act, the Committee may appoint a person to act in his place and the person so acting shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be Chairman of the Association.
Secretary.
4. (1) The Committee of the Association may, if it thinks fit, appoint a Secretary on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Board.
(2) The remuneration and expenses of the Secretary shall be defrayed out of moneys held by the Board in trust for the Association.
Procedure at meetings of Committee.
5. (1) At a meeting of the Committee the Chairman of the Association shall be chairman of the meeting.
(2) Every question at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and, in case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be four.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Committee shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise its procedure and business.
Travelling and maintenance expenses.
6. Members of the Committee shall be paid, out of moneys provided by the Board, travelling and maintenance expenses in respect of attendance at meetings of the Association or the Committee, to such extent as the Board may from time to time decide.
Membership.
7. (1) The Committee shall keep the following registers of members—
(a) a register of seafishermen,
(b) a register of persons carrying on business in the retail fish trade,
(c) a register of persons carrying on business in the wholesale fresh fish trade,
(d) a register of persons carrying on business in the distributive fish trade, other than the retail fish trade and the wholesale fresh fish trade.
(2) Applications for membership of the Association shall be made to the Committee in such manner as the Committee may provide.
(3) If any question arises whether a person is entitled to become or continue to be a member of the Association or as to the register in which he ought to be registered the question shall be decided by the Committee.
(4) The Committee may at any time terminate the membership of any person who is, in their opinion, no longer entitled to be a member of the Association.
(5) If any person is dissatisfied with the decision of the Committee he may apply to the Board to decide the question and the decision of the Board shall be final.
(6) A member being a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons may exercise its functions as such only by means of an individual duly nominated by it from time to time to be its representative, and the representative shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be a member of the Association and to be entered in the register in the place of the member that he represents.
(7) The Committee shall furnish the Board with such information in regard to membership of the Association as the Board may from time to time require.
Elections to the Committee.
8. (1) Elections of members of the Committee of the Association shall be carried out in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) (a) For the purpose of the election of the four representatives of seafishermen there shall be four electoral divisions, namely—
(i) Electoral Division A, comprising the counties of Dublin, Louth, Meath, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow,
(ii) Electoral Division B, comprising the counties of Cork, Kerry and Limerick,
(iii) Electoral Division C, comprising the counties of Clare, Galway and Mayo,
(iv) Electoral Division D, comprising the counties of Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo.
(b) Each electoral division shall elect one representative.
(c) The electorate for each electoral division shall consist of each person entered in the register of seafishermen whose address as given in the register is within that electoral division.
(d) A person whose address as given in the register is not in any of the counties mentioned in clause (a) shall be a member of the electorate for the electoral division of his choice.
(3) The electorate for the several elections of the trade representatives referred to in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 1 shall consist of the persons entered in the appropriate register under paragraph 7.
(4) Where there is a failure to elect a representative under subparagraph (2) or subparagraph (3) the Minister may appoint any individual to be the representative.
(5) An election of members of the Committee shall be held in the year 1953 and in every third successive year thereafter.
(6) (a) The polling for the election to be held in any year shall be completed at least seven days before the date for which the annual general meeting of that year is convened.
(b) The members of the Committee for the time being in office shall hold office until the declaration of the result of the election at the annual general meeting, whereupon the persons so elected shall take up office.
(7) No person shall be entitled to be a candidate for the election of a representative except an individual who is a member of the electorate for that election.
(8) The Minister may make rules for the conduct of elections under this section.
Casual vacancies in Committee.
9. (1) Where a casual vacancy arises amongst the representatives of seafishermen on the Committee, the Committee may co-opt to fill the vacancy an individual for the time being entered in the register of seafishermen members whose address as given in the register is within the same electoral division as that which the outgoing member represented.
(2) Where a casual vacancy arises amongst the members of the Committee other than the representatives of seafishermen the Committee may co-opt to fill the vacancy an individual for the time being entered on the same register as the outgoing member.
General meetings of Association.
10. (1) The Committee shall in the year 1953 and every subsequent year convene an annual general meeting of the Association.
(2) The Chairman of the Association shall preside at each general meeting.
(3) The quorum at a general meeting shall be twelve.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Committee shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of general meetings of the Association.
Facilities to be provided for the Association by the Board.
11. (1) The Board shall in every year provide accommodation for the holding in Dublin or in such other place as may be agreed upon by the Board and the Committee of four meetings of the Committee and for one general meeting of the Association.
(2) The Board may, at the request of the Committee, make available the services of members of their staff to act as secretary at the meetings of the Committee and the Association for which accommodation is provided under this paragraph and to conduct elections and perform the general clerical work of the Association.
(3) (a) During the period of twelve months from the establishment of the Association, the Board shall make no charge for the services so provided or for any outlay incurred in connection therewith.
(b) Thereafter, the Association shall pay the Board for such services and outlay such sums as may from time to time be agreed between the Committee and the Board or as may, in default of agreement, be fixed by the Minister, and the Board may recoup themselves the amount thereof out of moneys held by them for the Association.
Finances of the Association.
12. (1) An entrance fee shall be payable by every person becoming a member of the Association, except a person who becomes a member by virtue of subsection (3) of section 23.
(2) The entrance fee shall be—
(a) for a seafisherman, one shilling;
(b) for any other person, five shillings.
(3) Each member shall pay an annual subscription of five shillings, which shall become due and payable on the 1st day of July.
(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 23 or in this Schedule, a member shall not be entitled to be present or represented at a meeting of the Committee or of the Association or to be reckoned for the purpose of a quorum or to be a member of an electorate under paragraph 8 whilst any sum due and payable by him in respect of entrance fee or subscription remains unpaid.
(5) Entrance fees and subscriptions shall be taken and collected by the Committee who shall transmit all moneys so received to the Board to hold on behalf of the Association.
(6) The Board shall act as trustees of the Association for all moneys received by them on its behalf and shall make such disbursements thereout as the Committee of the Association may duly request.
(7) The Board shall keep all proper and usual accounts of moneys received or expended by them on behalf of the Association and shall, as soon as may be after the end of each year, present to the Committee of the Association a statement of accounts for that year, audited by qualified auditors appointed annually for that purpose by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, and the fees of such auditors and the expenses generally of such audits shall be paid out of the moneys of the Association.