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Uimhir 12 de 1966.
AN tACHT UM DHEONTAIS TIONSCAIL (LEASÚ), 1966
[An tiontú oifigiúil.]
Léiriú.
1.—San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1952” an tAcht um Limistéirí Neamhfhorbartha, 1952;
ciallaíonn “an Bord” an Foras Tionscal;
ciallaíonn “foirgneamh monarchan” foirgneamh a úsáidtear nó a bheartaítear a úsáid chun gnóthas tionscail a sheoladh mar aon le haon fhoirgneamh eile atá foghabhálach nó coimhdeach leis agus a úsáidtear nó a bheartaítear a úsáid chun cuspóra a bhaineann leis an ngnóthas, lena n-áirítear cuspóir oifige nó ceantín foirne;
ciallaíonn “eastát tionscail” limistéar talún a úsáidtear go formhór chun cuspóirí tionscail agus cuspóirí atá coimhdeach nó bainteach leo sin agus dhá fhoirgneamh monarchan ar a laghad air;
ciallaíonn “an tAire” an tAire Tionscail agus Tráchtála.
An tráth a thabharfar deontais chun gnóthais a mhéadú nó a oiriúnú.
2.—Féadfar deontas a thabhairt faoi alt 4 den Acht um Limistéir Neamhfhorbartha (Leasú), 1963, tar éis an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, i leith méadú nó oiriúnú is den chineál dá dtagraítear san alt sin agus a bheidh arna cheadú ag an mBord an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, nó dá éis agus roimh an 31ú lá de Nollaig, 1967, agus féadfar deontas a thabhairt faoi alt 4 den Acht um Dheontais Tionscail (Leasú), 1963, tar éis an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, i leith méadú nó oiriúnú is den chineál dá dtagraítear san alt sin agus a bheidh arna cheadú ag an mBord an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, nó dá éis agus roimh an 31ú lá de Nollaig, 1967, más rud é, i ngach cás, gur dáta roimh an 30ú lá de Mheán Fómhair, 1967, dáta an iarratais chun an Bhoird ag iarraidh deontais agus, i gcás an t-iarratas a dhéanamh tar éis an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, gur dáta tar éis dáta an iarratais a dhéanamh dáta an mhéadaithe nó an oiriúnaithe a thosú agus, dá réir sin, déantar leis seo “an 31ú lá de Nollaig, 1967” a chur in ionad “an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966” (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht um Dheontais Tionscail (Leasú), 1964) gach áit a bhfuil sé i bhfo-alt (5) de na hailt sin agus déantar leis seo “agus iarratas ar an deontas déanta chun an Bhoird roimh an 30ú lá de Mheán Fómhair, 1967, agus (d'ainneoin aon ní i bhfo-alt (4) den alt seo), más dáta tar éis an 31ú lá de Mhárta, 1966, dáta an iarratais a dhéanamh, mura dáta tar éis dáta an iarratais a dhéanamh dáta an mhéadaithe nó an oiriúnaithe a thosú” a chur isteach ag deireadh gach fo-ailt acu sin.
Méid deontas ón bhForas Tionscail.
3.—Ní rachaidh comhiomlán na ndeontas a thabharfaidh an tÚdarás Forbartha Tionscail faoin Acht um Dheontais Thionscail, 1956, agus na ndeontas (seachas deontais faoi alt 12 d'Acht 1952) ón mBord agus ón Aire faoi na hAchtanna um Limistéir Neamhfhorbartha, 1952 go 1966, agus na nAchtanna um Dheontais Tionscail, 1959 go 1966, agus na n-íocaíochtaí ón mBord agus ón Aire ar scór ráthaíochtaí a thug an Bord agus an tAire faoin Acht um Dheontais Tionscail, 1959, thar tríocha milliún punt.
Eastáit tionscail.
4.—(1) Féadfaidh an Bord eastáit tionscail a bhunú, a fhorbairt, a chothabháil agus a bhainistí agus gach cumhacht a shealbhú agus a theachtadh is gá chun, nó atá bainteach leis, nó is iomchuí maidir leis, na cumhachtaí réamhráite a fheidhmiú.
(2) Gan dochar do ghinearáltacht fho-alt (1) den alt seo—
(a) sealbhóidh agus teachtóidh an Bord chun críocha an ailt seo na cumhactaí a shonraítear in alt 5 (1) (i) go (vi) agus (viii) d'Acht 1952, agus a shealbhaíonn agus a theachtann siad chun críocha an ailt sin, agus beidh feidhm agus éifeacht ag fo-ailt (2) go (4) den alt sin maidir leis an mBord d'fheidhmiú na gcumhachtaí réamhraíte chun críocha an ailt seo mar atá feidhm acu maidir leis an bhfeidhmiú sin chun críocha an ailt sin,
(b) féadfaidh an Bord foirgnimh mhonarchan a thógáil, a athrú nó a oiriúnú nó a chur faoi deara foirgnimh mhonarchan a thógáil, a athrú nó a oiriúnú,
(c) féadfaidh an Bord foirgnimh mhonarchan a dhíol, a léasadh nó a dhiúscairt ar shlí eile, agus
(d) féadfaidh an Bord soilsiú, téamh, cumhacht, uisce, siltean agus seirbhísí eile a sholáthar, nó a chur faoi deara an céanna a sholáthar, i bhfoirgnimh mhonarchan.
An Bord do cheapadh foirne d'eastáit tionscail.
5.—(1) Féadfaidh an Bord cibé méid daoine a cheapadh is dóigh leo is gá chun bheith ina n-oifigigh agus ina seirbhísigh don Bhord chun cabhrú leo ag bunú, ag forbairt, ag cothabháil agus ag bainistí eastát tionscail faoin Acht seo.
(2) Faoi réir fho-ailt (3) agus (4) den alt seo, sealbhoidh oifigigh agus seirbhísigh a cheapfar faoin alt seo oifig ar cibé téarmaí agus faoi réir cibé coinníollacha, agus gheobhaidh siad cibé luach saothair, a chinnfidh an Bord.
(3) Beidh rátaí luach saothair oifigeach nó seirbhíseach a cheapfar faoin alt seo agus méid aon liúntas i leith caiteachas a thabharfar dóibh faoi réir cheadú an Aire arna thabhairt le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais.
(4) Beidh téarmaí agus coinníollacha eile fostaíochta dhuine a cheapfar faoin alt seo chun bheith ina phríomh-fheidhmeannach faoi réir cheadú an Aire arna thabhairt le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais.
Aoisliúntas don fhoireann a cheapfar faoi alt 5.
6.—Féadfaidh an Bord scéim ranníocach, nó scéimeanna ranníocacha, chun pinsin, aiscí agus liúntais eile a dheonú, ar scor dóibh, do cibé oifigigh agus seirbhísigh a cheapfar faoi alt 3 den Acht seo is oiriúnach leo a ullmhú agus a chur faoi bhráid an Aire.
(2) Socróidh gach scéim den sórt sin an tráth agus na coinníollacha scoir do na daoine go léir lenarb iníoctha, nó arb iníoctha ina leith, faoin scéim, pinsin, aiscí nó liúntais ar scor dóibh agus féadfar tráthanna agus coinníollacha éagsúla a shocrú maidir le haicmí éagsúla daoine.
(3) Féadfaidh an Bord aon tráth scéim a ullmhú agus a chur faoi bhráid an Aire is scéim do leasú scéime a cuireadh roimhe sin faoi bhráid an Aire agus a ceadaíodh faoin alt seo.
(4) Aon scéim a chuirfear faoi bhráid an Aire faoin alt seo cuirfidh an Bord i gcrích í de réir a téarmaí má cheadaíonn an tAire í le comhthoiliú an Aire Airgeadais.
(5) Má éiríonn aon díospóid maidir le héileamh ó aon duine ag éileamh, nó maidir le méid, aon phinsin, aisce nó liúntais is iníoctha de bhun scéime faoin alt seo, cuirfear an díospóid sin faoi bhráid an Aire agus tarchuirfidh seisean chun an Aire Airgeadais í agus is cinneadh críochnaitheach a chinneadh san.
(6) Gach scéim a chuirfear faoi bhráid an Aire agus a cheadófar faoin alt seo, leagfar í faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a ceadaithe agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach, laistigh den lá is fiche a shuífidh an Teach sin tar éis an scéim a leagan faoina bhráid amhlaidh, rún a rith ag neamhniú na scéime beidh an scéim ar neamhní dá réir sin ach sin gan dochar do bhailiócht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin scéim.
Cuntais ar leithligh.
7.—Beidh ar na cuntais a cheanglaítear le mír 10 den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1952 ar an mBord a choimeád cuntais ar leithligh ar an airgead a fuair siad agus a chaith siad faoi ailt 4 go 6 den Acht seo.
Tuarascáil ar leithligh.
8.—Beidh sa tuarascáil a cheanglaítear le mír 11 den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1952 ar an mBord a chur faoi bhráid an Aire tuarascáil ar leithligh ar a ngníomhaíochtaí faoi ailt 4 go 6 den Acht seo.
Deontais chun a áirithiú go laghdófar cíosanna monarchan.
9.—(1) I gcás foirgneamh monarchan a bheith i limistéar arb é tuairim an Bhoird gurb eastát tionscail é nó go bhfuil sé beartaithe é a bheith ina eastát tionscail (seachas eastát tionscail arna bhunú ag an mBord) agus go n-úsáidtear an foirgneamh, nó go mbeartaítear é a úsáid, ag duine le nó i ndáil le gnóthas tionscail a sheoladh agus go bhfuil sé ag an duine ar léas nó ar ligean eile faoi réir cíosa nó íocaíochta eile, féadfaidh an Bord deontais a thabhairt, ar cibé téarmaí agus faoi réir cibé coinníollacha is cuí leo a fhorchur, don duine ag a bhfuil teideal chun an chíosa nó na híocaíochta eile lena chumasú dó an cíos nó an íocaíocht sin a laghdú.
(2) Ní bheidh deontas faoin alt seo maidir le foirgneamh níos mó ná méid an deontais ab iníoctha faoi alt 2 (1) (i) den Acht um Dheontais Tionscail, 1959, nó faoi alt 5 d'Acht 1952, cibé acu é, i leith an ghnóthais thionscail a sheoltar san fhoirgneamh murar íocadh deontas faoin alt seo ina leith.
Aisghairm.
10.—Aisghairtear leis seo alt 7 (1) den Acht um Dheontais Tionscail (Leasú), 1963, agus alt 2 den Acht um Dheontais Tionscail (Leasú), 1964.
Gearrtheideal agus comhlua.
11.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Dheontais Tionscail (Leasú), 1966, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna um Limistéir Neamhfhorbartha, 1952 go 1966, a ghairm de na hAchtanna um Limistéir Neamhfhorbartha, 1952 go 1964, agus den Acht seo (sa mhéid go leasaíonn sé na hAchtanna sin) le chéile agus féadfar na hAchtanna um Dheontais Tionscail, 1959 go 1966, a ghairm de na hAchtanna um Dheontais Tionscail, 1959 go 1964, agus den Acht seo (sa mhéid go leasaíonn sé na hAchtanna sin, le chéile.
Number 12 of 1966.
INDUSTRIAL GRANTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Time for making of grants for enlargement or adaptation of undertakings. | |
Acts Referred to | |
1952, No. 1 | |
1963, No. 3 | |
1963, No. 4 | |
1964, No. 37 | |
1956, No. 48 | |
1959, No. 26 | |
1959, No. 4 | |
Number 12 of 1966.
INDUSTRIAL GRANTS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966
Interpretation.
1.—In this Act—
“the Act of 1952” means the Undeveloped Areas Act, 1952;
“the Board” means An Foras Tionscal;
“factory building” means a building which is used or intended to be used for carrying on an industrial undertaking together with any other building which is subsidiary or ancillary thereto and is used or intended to be used for a purpose connected with the undertaking, including the purpose of an office or staff canteen;
“industrial estate” means an area of land used mainly for industrial purposes and purposes ancillary or incidental thereto and having on it at least two factory buildings;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
Time for making of grants for enlargement or adaptation of undertakings.
2.—A grant may be made under section 4 of the Undeveloped Areas (Amendment) Act, 1963, after the 31st day of March, 1966, in respect of an enlargement or adaptation that is of the kind referred to in that section and is approved by the Board on or after the 31st day of March, 1966, and before the 31st day of December, 1967, and a grant may be made under section 4 of the Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1963, after the 31st day of March, 1966, in respect of an enlargement or adaptation that is of the kind referred to in that section and is approved by the Board on or after the 31st day of March, 1966, and before the 31st day of December, 1967, if, in each case, an application for the grant is made to the Board, before the 30th day of September, 1967, and, in case the application is made after the 31st day of March, 1966, the enlargement or adaptation is commenced after the date of the making of the application and, accordingly, “31st day of December, 1967” is hereby substituted for “31st day of March, 1966” (inserted by the Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1964) in each place where it occurs in subsection (5) of those sections and, “an application for the grant is made to the Board before the 30th day of September, 1967 and, (notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (4) of this section) if the application is made after the 31st day of March, 1966, the enlargement or adaptation is commenced after the date of the making of the application” is hereby inserted at the end of each of those subsections.
Amount of grants by An Foras Tionscal.
3.—The aggregate amount of grants made by the Industrial Development Authority under the Industrial Grants Act, 1956, and of grants (other than grants under section 12 of the Act of 1952) made by the Board and the Minister under the Undeveloped Areas Acts, 1952 to 1966, and the Industrial Grants Acts, 1959 to 1966, and of payments made by the Board and the Minister on foot of guarantees given by the Board and the Minister under the Industrial Grants Act, 1959, shall not exceed thirty million pounds.
Industrial estates.
4.—(1) The Board may establish, develop, maintain and manage industrial estates and shall have and enjoy all such powers as are necessary for or incidental or relevant to the exercise of the powers aforesaid.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the Board—
(a) shall have and enjoy for the purposes of this section the powers specified in section 5 (1) (i) to (vi) and (viii) of the Act of 1952 that they have and enjoy for the purposes of that section, and subsections (2) to (4) of that section shall apply and have effect in relation to the exercise by the Board of the powers aforesaid for the purposes of this section as they apply in relation to such exercise for the purposes of that section,
(b) may erect, alter or adapt, or procure the erection, alteration or adaptation, of factory buildings,
(c) may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of factory buildings, and
(d) may provide, or procure the provision of, lighting, heating, power, water, drainage and other services and facilities in factory buildings.
Appointment by Board of staff for industrial estates.
5.—(1) The Board may appoint such number of persons as they may consider necessary to be officers and servants of the Board to assist them in establishing, developing, maintaining and managing industrial estates under this Act.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) of this section, officers and servants appointed under this section shall hold office on such terms and subject to such conditions and receive such remuneration as the Board may determine.
(3) The rates of remuneration of and the amount of any allowance for expenses given to officers or servants appointed under this section shall be subject to the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
(4) The other terms and conditions of employment of a person who is appointed under this section to be a chief executive shall be subject to the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
Superannuation of staff appointed under section 5.
6.—(1) The Board may prepare and submit to the Minister a contributory scheme or schemes for the granting of pensions, gratuities and other allowances on retirement to or in respect of such officers and servants appointed under section 5 of this Act as they may think fit.
(2) Every such scheme shall fix the time and conditions of retirement for all persons to or in respect of whom pensions, gratuities or allowances on retirement are payable under the scheme, and different times and conditions may be fixed in respect of different classes of persons.
(3) The Board may at any time prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme amending a scheme previously submitted and approved of under this section.
(4) A scheme submitted to the Minister under this section shall, if approved of by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, be carried out by the Board in accordance with its terms.
(5) If any dispute arises as to the claim of any person to, or the amount of, any pension, gratuity or allowance payable in pursuance of a scheme under this section, such dispute shall be submitted to the Minister who shall refer it to the Minister for Finance, whose decision shall be final.
(6) Every scheme submitted and approved of under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is approved of and if either House, within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the scheme is laid before it, passes a resolution annulling the scheme, the scheme shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
Separate accounts.
7.—The accounts which the Board are required by paragraph 10 of the First Schedule to the Act of 1952 to keep shall include separate accounts of moneys received and expended by them under sections 4 to 6 of this Act.
Separate report.
8.—The report which the Board are required by paragraph 11 of the First Schedule to the Act of 1952 to submit to the Minister shall include a separate report of their activities under sections 4 to 6 of this Act.
Grants to secure reduction of factory rents.
9.—(1) Where a factory building is situate in an area which, in the opinion of the Board, is, or is intended to be an industrial estate (other than an industrial estate established by the Board) and the building is used or intended to be used by a person for the purpose of or in connection with the carrying on of an industrial undertaking and is held by the person under a lease or other letting subject to a rent or other payment, the Board may make grants, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as they think proper to impose, to the person entitled to the rent or other payment to enable him to reduce such rent or payment.
(2) A grant under this section in relation to a building shall not exceed the amount of the grant which would be payable under section 2 (1) (i) of the Industrial Grants Act, 1959, or section 5 of the Act of 1952, as the case may be, in respect of the industrial undertaking carried on in the building if a grant was not paid under this section in respect thereof.
Repeals.
10.—Section 7 (1) of the Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1963, and section 2 of the Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1964, are hereby repealed.
Short title and collective citation.
11.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Industrial Grants (Amendment) Act, 1966.
(2) The Undeveloped Areas Acts, 1952 to 1964, and this Act (in so far as it amends those Acts) may be cited together as the Undeveloped Areas Acts, 1952 to 1966, and the Industrial Grants Acts, 1959 to 1964, and this Act (in so far as it amends those Acts) may be cited together as the Industrial Grants Acts, 1959 to 1966.