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Uimhir 16 de 1934.
ACHT SEIRBHÍSÍ ÁITIÚLA (FEARACHAS SEALADACH), 1934.
[11adh Bealtaine, 1934.]
Gearr-theideal.
1.—Féadfar an tAcht Seirbhísí Áitiúla (Fearachas Sealadach), 1934, do ghairm den Acht so.
Mínithe.
2.—(1) Chun crícheanna an Achta so is údarás áitiúil gach cólucht agus duine fé leith acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) comhairle chontae, chontae-bhuirge, bhuirge no bhailecheanntair, bord caomhnóirí, coimisinéirí baile, agus údarás sláintíochta puirt, agus
(b) duine ar n-a cheapadh le reacht no fé chun feidhmeanna no aon cheann d'fheidhmeanna aon chomhairle, bhúird, no choimisinéirí den tsórt san d'fheidhmiú, agus
(c) coiste no có-choiste no bord no có-bhord (pe'ca inchorpruithe dho no nách eadh) d'aon cheann no níos mó, no ar n-a cheapadh ag aon cheann no níos mó, de sna comhairlí, de sna búird, de sna coimisinéirí, de sna húdaráis, no de sna daoine sin, agus
(d) coiste freastail scoile, coiste oideachais ghairme beatha, agus coiste talmhaíochta.
(2) San Acht so cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire”—
(a) maidir le coiste talmhaíochta, an tAire Talmhaíochta, agus
(b) maidir le coiste freastail scoile no le coiste oideachais ghairme beatha, an tAire Oideachais, agus
(c) maidir le haon údarás áitiúil eile, an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí.
(3) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an focal “oifigeach” duine ar bith i bhfostaíocht údaráis áitiúla seachas dochtúir oifigiúil i bhfostaíocht den tsórt san;
léireofar an focal “fostaíocht” mar fhocal fholuíonn tógaint i gcóir fostaíochta agus cur in áirithe;
foluíonn an focal “ráta” percentáiste;
cialluíonn an abairt “an bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann” an bhliain airgeadais áitiúil dar tosach an 1adh Abrán, 1934.
Míniú ar “tuarastal.”
3.—(1) San Acht so cialluíonn an focal “tuarastal” tuarastal alos fostaíochta ag údarás áitiúil agus (lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt go soiléir) foluíonn sé gach tuarastal, íocaíocht, págh, coimisiún, táille agus luach saothair eile alos na fostaíochta san, pe'ca fé reacht, ordú no rialachán no ar shlí eile ar bith atáid socair no a híoctar iad, agus pe'ca tré thagairt do thréimhse aimsire no tré thagairt don obair a deintear a háirmhítear iad, no ar fhoras ar bith eile, agus foluíonn sé, freisin, liúntaisí agus sochair (pe'ca deintear iad d'íoc in airgead no iad do thabhairt i slí eile seachas in airgead) is cuid den luach saothair alos na fostaíochta san, ach ní fholuíonn sé aon íocaíocht acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) íocaíochtaí tugtar mar liúntas le haghaidh costaisí áirithe no in aisíoc costaisí áirithe fé n-a dtéightear;
(b) íocaíochtaí (pe'ca ar leithligh no ina gcuid de luach saothair eile dhóibh) ná tugtar no a tuigtear fén alt so ná tugtar ach i bhfuirm liúntais i gcóir fearais riachtanaigh no mar chabhair chuige sin;
(c) íocaíochtaí ar n-a dtabhairt ag Roinn Stáit no thar a ceann;
(d) íocaíochtaí, i bhfuirm táillí no luach saothair eile, ar n-a n-íoc do réir ailt 17 d'Acht na nGiúirithe, 1927 (Uimh. 23 de 1927);
(e) íocaíochtaí ag oifigeach clárathachta mar chuid de sna costaisí clárathachta dá dtagartar in alt 12 den Acht Timpeal Toghachán, 1923 (Uimh. 12 de 1923);
(f) íocaíochtaí, i bhfuirm táillí no luach saothair eile, ar n-a n-íoc le hoifigeach d'údarás áitiúil agus gur gá don oifigeach san do réir reachta no connartha a méideanna do thabhairt don údarás áitiúil ag á bhfuil an t-oifigeach san ar fostú;
(g) íocaíochtaí, i bhfuirm táillí, is iníoctha le clárathóirí beireataisí, básanna agus póstaíocha fé alt 54 den Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863, agus fé alt 21 den Registration of Marriages Act (Ireland) 1863; agus
(h) íocaíochtaí, i bhfuirm táillí no luach saothair eile, is iníoctha le clárathóirí stoc no urrús eile ar n-a dtabhairt amach ag údaráis áitiúla.
(2) Má dheineann oifigeach ar bith, seachas oifigeach ar n-a fhostú chun dualgaisí ócáideacha do chólíonadh, fearas is gá chun a dhualgaisí do chólíonadh mar oifigeach den tsórt san do cheannnach sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann, fearas ná deirtear aon liúntas do bheith á thabhairt do chun é do cheannach, féadfaidh an tAire ar iarratas an oifigigh sin, más ceart san dar leis, a dhearbhú i scríbhinn go bhfuil cion áirithe de thuarastal an oifigigh sin, no de thuarastal gach oifigigh den aicme le n-a mbaineann an t-oifigeach san, á íoc chun an fhearais sin do cheannach, agus, pé uair a dhearbhóidh an tAire amhlaidh, tuigfear an cion san den tuarastal san do bheith ina íocaíochtaí ar n-a dtabhairt i bhfuirm liúntais i gcóir fearais riachtanaigh no mar chabhair chuige sin.
(3) Má bhíonn duine i seilbh dhá oifig no níos mó gur gá do réir an Achta so suimeanna do bhaint de sna tuarastail a ghabhann leo tuigfear, maidir leis na suimeanna san do bhaint díobh, gurb é is tuarastal an duine sin ná méid iomlán tuarastal fé seach na n-oifigí sin agus bainfear den méid iomlán san pé suim dob' oiriúnach a bhaint de dá mb'é tuarastal aon oifige amháin é.
(4) Má thárlann do dhuine, atá ag fáil tuarastail gur gá do réir an Achta so suim do bhaint de, luach saothair speisialta (i dteanta a ghnáth-thuarastail) do thuilleamh agus é do theacht chun bheith i dteideal san d'íoc leis i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann alos seirbhísí do thabhairt d'údarás áitiúil i rith na bliana san no aon choda dhi tuigfear gurb é is ráta bliantúil a thuarastail chun crícheanna an Achta so ná iomlán na méideanna so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ráta bliantúil a ghnáth-thuarastail, agus
(b) méid iomlán an luach saothair speisialta san a bheidh tuillte aige agus iníoctha leis sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann.
Suimeanna do bhaint de thuarastail oifigeach.
4.—(1) Gach tuarastal a thuillfidh oifigeach agus is iníoctha leis, i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, alos fostaíochta ag údarás áitiúil, déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil a bheidh ag íoc an tuarastail sin suim do bhaint den chéanna a háirmheofar do réir an Achta so.
(2) An tsuim a bainfear de thuarastal dhuine ar bith fén Acht so déanfar, sa mhéid gur féidir é, í do bhaint go rátúil de gach íocaíocht den tuarastal san a híocfar sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann agus tar éis an Achta so do rith, ach suimeanna a bheadh le baint d'aon tuarastal fén alt so sa chuid sin den bhliain sin atá imithe roimh an Acht so do rith (i gcás an Achta so do bheith i bhfeidhm an uair sin) bainfear iad den chéad íocaíocht no íocaíochtaí eile den tuarastal san (fé mar is gá sa chás) a híocfar tar éis an Achta so do rith, ach san i slí ná bainfear amhlaidh d'aon íocaíocht áirithe den tsórt san níos mó ná caoga per cent. den íocaíocht san.
(3) Gach suim a bainfear fén Acht so d'airgead ar bith is iníoctha le hoifigeach i bhfuirm tuarastail déanfar í do chur chun na gcrícheanna céanna chun a gcuirtear an ciste gur amach as a híoctar an t-airgead san leis an oifigeach san.
Suimeanna do bhaint de thuarastail oifigeach is oifigigh do níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin.
5.—Beidh feidhm agus éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas maidir le gach oifigeach í seilbh oifigí fé níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin, sé sin le rá:—
(a) chun na suime bheidh le baint fén Acht so de thuarastal an oifigigh sin d'áireamh tuigfear gurb é is tuarastal an oifigigh sin ná méid iomlán na dtuarastal a bheidh sé i dteideal d'fháil alos na n-oifigí sin aige;
(b) tar éis na suime sin a bheidh le baint de thuarastal d'áireamh do réir na fo-mhíre sin roimhe seo den alt so déanfar í do roinnt i leith na dtuarastal san uile agus fé seach a bheidh á bhfáil ag an oifigeach san de bhuadh na n-oifigí sin aige do réir méideanna fé seach na dtuarastal san agus, an méid a roinnfear i leith aon tuarastail den tsórt san amhlaidh, isé sin a bainfear, chun críche an Achta so, den tuarastal san;
(c) an tsuim a bheidh le baint fén Acht so d'aon cheann de thuarastail sin an oifigigh sin isé an t-údarás áitiúil a bheidh ag íoc an tuarastail sin a bhainfidh den chéanna í, ach i gcás aon tuarastail den tsórt san do bheith á íoc, i bpáirt no go hiomlán, i slí seachas in airgead féadfaidh an tAire a ordú gurb iad a bhainfidh an tsuim sin uile no aon chuid áirithe den tsuim sin de thuarastal, in ionad an údaráis áitiúla bheidh ag íoc an tuarastail sin dá bhaint amhlaidh, ná údarás áitiúil áirithe eile no údaráis áitiúla áirithe eile bheidh ag íoc tuarastail leis an oifigeach san, i bpáirt no go hiomlán, in airgead agus, má bhíonn níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin den tsórt san ann, go ndéanfar an bhaint sin do réir chionúireachtaí áirithe, agus pé uair a bhéarfaidh an tAire aon ordú den tsórt san uaidh déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil no na húdaráis áitiúla le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú san do chólíonadh agus, gach suim a bainfear de thuarastal do réir an orduithe sin, déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil a bhainfidh an tsuim sin de thuarastal í d'íoc leis an údarás áitiúil dar ghá do réir an Achta so an tsuim sin do bhaint de thuarastal dá mba ná tabharfaí an t-ordú san.
Na suimeanna bheidh le baint de thuarastail d'áireamh.
6.—(1) An tsuim a bheidh le baint fén Acht so de thuarastal oifigigh áirmheofar í sa tslí seo leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) i gcás iomlán an tuarastail sin do bheith ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, áirmheofar í fé Chuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus do réir an ráta is infheidhmithe, sa Chuid sin, maidir le méid an tuarastail sin;
(b) i gcás gan aon pháirt den tuarastal san do bheith ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, áirmheofar í fé Chuid II den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus do réir an ráta is infheidhmithe, fén gCuid sin, maidir le méid an tuarastail sin;
(c) i gcás gan ach cion den tuarastal san do bheith ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, áirmheofar í tré shuimiú do dhéanamh ar an dá shuim seo, eadhon—
(i) suim ar n-a déanamh amach tré feidhmiú do dhéanamh, maidir leis an gcion den tuarastal san atá ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, ar an ráta no na rátaí atá i gCuid I den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus do bheadh infheidhmithe dá mbeadh iomlán an tuarastail sin ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, agus
(ii) suim ar n-a déanamh amach tré feidhmiú do dhéanamh, maidir leis an gcion den tuarastal san ná fuil ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe, ar an ráta no na rátaí atá i gCuid II den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus do bheadh infheidhmithe maidir leis an gcion san dá mba ná beadh aon pháirt den tuarastal san ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe;
(d) i gcás na seirbhíse bhéarfaidh an t-oifigeach uaidh do bheith ina seirbhís ócáidigh, áirmheofar í fé Chuid III den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so.
(2) Chun Coda I agus II fé seach den Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'fheidhmiú fén alt so maidir le tuarastal aon oifigigh ná fuil ach páirt dá thuarastal ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe tuigfear gurb í an pháirt sin den tuarastal san an chéad pháirt den tuarastal san agus déanfar an focal “chéad” agus an focal “eile” sna Coda san den Sceideal san agus iad á bhfeidhmiú amhlaidh do léiriú dá réir sin.
(3) I gcás liúntas no sochar do bheirtear ar shlí eile seachas in airgead do bheith mar chuid den tuarastal dá mbeidh suim le baint fén Acht so, no i gcás táillí is iníoctha ag daoine seachas an t-údarás áitiúil fhostuíonn an duine bheidh ag fáil an tuarastail sin do bheith mar chuid den tuarastal san, no i gcás an liúntas no an sochar san agus na táillí sin do bheith mar chuid den tuarastal san, déanfar an tsuim a bheidh le baint fén Acht so den tuarastal san (cé go n-áirmheofar í ar iomlán an tuarastail sin) déanfar í do bhaint den chion den tuarastal san nách é an liúntas no an sochar san ná na táillí sin é agus den chion san amháin.
(4) I gcás gurb é bheidh i bpáirt de thuarastal oifigigh ná méid go ndeintear ina thaobh bonus, atharuíonn leis an gcostas maireachtana agus a háirmhítear do réir an mhéide sin, d'íoc leis an oifigeach san, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, an méid sin agus an bonus san le chéile do bheith ina n-aon tsuim amháin agus beidh an aon tsuim amháin sin ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe chun crícheanna an ailt seo agus gairmtear di anso ina dhiaidh seo san alt so luach saothair is ion-atharuithe de bhíthin bonus.
(5) I gcás gurb é bheidh i bpáirt de thuarastal oifigigh ná luach saothair is ion-atharuithe de bhíthin bonus agus gurb é bheidh i bpáirt eile dhe ná liúntas no sochar do bheirtear ar shlí seachas in airgead, tuigfear, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, an luach saothair sin is ion-atharuithe de bhíthin bonus agus luach an liúntais no an tsochair sin le chéile do bheith ina n-aon tsuim amháin agus beidh an aon tsuim amháin sin freisin ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe chun crícheanna an ailt seo.
(6) I gcás gurb é bheidh i bpáirt de thuarastal oifigigh ná liúntas no sochar do bheirtear ar shlí seachas in airgead agus ná beidh aon pháirt den tuarastal san ina luach saothair is ionatharuithe de bhíthin bonus, beidh luach an liúntais no an tsochair sin freisin ina luach saothair ion-atharuithe chun crícheanna an ailt seo.
An tsuim a bheidh le baint de thuarastal d'áireamh i gcás an ráta tuarastail d'atharú.
7.—Chun na suime d'áireamh a bheidh le baint fén Acht so de thuarastal duine i bhfostaíocht leanúnaigh go n-atharófar a ráta tuarastail i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tuigfear gach cuid den bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann go mbeidh ráta tuarastail an duine sin gan atharú le n-a linn do bheith ina tréimhse fostaíochta ar leithligh;
(b) an tsuim is ceart a bhaint fén Acht so de thuarastal alos gách tréimhse fostaíochta ar leithligh den tsórt san déanfar amach agus áirmheofar í fé is dá mbí an tréimhse fostaíochta san ar leithligh an t-aon tréimhse fostaíochta amháin do bhí ag an duine sin i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann;
(c) isí suim a bainfear fén Acht so de thuarastal an duine sin ná méid iomlán na suimeanna uile is fé seach is ionbhainte dhe ar n-a ndéanamh amach fén bhfo-mhír dheiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so;
(d) beidh feidhm ag an alt so pe'ca bheidh fostaíocht leanúnach san an duine sin aige i rith iomláine na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann no ná beidh.
Faoiseamh alos suimeanna ar n-a mbaint de thuarastal fén Acht Seirbhísí Puiblí (Fearachas Sealadach), 1933.
8.—Nuair a beifear ag áireamh na suime bheidh le baint fén Acht so de thuarastal oifigigh go ndearnadh no go ndéanfar suimeanna do bhaint dá thuarastal (pe'ca roimh an Acht so do rith no dá éis sin é no roimh thosach na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann no dá éis sin é) fé alt 12 den Acht Seirbhísí Puiblí (Fearachas Sealadach), 1933 (Uimh. 37 de 1933), beidh an t-oifigeach san i dteideal creidiúna i gcoinnibh na suime sin alos na suimeanna san ar n-a mbaint dá thuarastal amhlaidh fén alt san 12 agus déanfar méid na suime sin a bheidh le baint dá thuarastal do laigheadú dá réir sin.
Suimeanna bainfear de thuarastail do choigeartú.
9.—Más rud é, tar éis na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann do bheith caithte, go bhfuighidh aon údarás áitiúil amach na suimeanna baineadh no do tuigeadh a baineadh fén Acht so an bhliain sin de thuarastal aon oifigigh ar fostú acu do bheith níos mó no níos lugha ná na suimeanna ba ghá do réir an Achta so a bhaint den tuarastal san, déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin, roimh dheireadh na bliana 1935, méid na suimeanna san do baineadh de thuarastal do choigeartú tré aisíoc do dhéanamh leis an oifigeach san no tré shuim do bhaint den tuarastal is iníoctha leis an oifigeach san sa bhliain 1935 (fé mar is gá sa chás).
Cosaint do phinsin, etc.
10.—(1) Ní dhéanfaidh éinní atá san Acht so deifir do mhéid an tuarastail gur tré thagairt do a háirmhítear méid aon chúitimh, aois-liúntais, pinsin, no aisce ná do mhéid an tuarastail gur tré thagairt do a deintear síntiúisí chun ciste phinsin no fé scéim aois-liúntais d'áireamh, agus dá réir sin ní déanfar suimeanna bainfear de thuarastal fén Acht so no dá bhuadh do chur san áireamh nuair a bheidh aon chúiteamh, liúntas, pinsean, aisce no síntiús den tsórt san á áireamh ná nuair a bheidh aon mheánacht is foras don áireamh san á déanamh amach.
(2) I gcás duine dar deonadh aois-liúntas no pinsean do bheith ag fáil tuarastail go mbaintear suim de fén Acht so is tré thagairt do mhéid iomlán an tuarastail sin a déanfar an méid den liúntas no den phinsean san is iníoctha d'áireamh, agus ní déanfar chun na críche sin an tsuim sin do chur san áireamh.
Connartha seirbhíse do bhuan-choimeád.
11.—Má deintear, fén Acht so, suim do bhaint de thuarastal a híoctar fé chonnradh seirbhíse ní oibreoidh san chun deireadh do chur leis an gconnradh san agus, in ainneoin na suime sin do bhaint den tuarastal san, leanfaidh an connradh san ar marthain ach san fé réir na hoblagáide no an chirt chun na suime sin do bhaint den tuarastal san agus fé réir na hoblagáide chun san d'fhulang.
Aighnis do shocrú.
12.—(1) Isé bhéarfaidh breith ar gach amhras, ceist, agus aighneas eireoidh i dtaobh duine do bheith ina oifigeach do réir bhrí an Achta so no gan a bheith no i dtaobh méid tuarastail aon oifigigh chun crícheanna an Achta so no i dtaobh méid na suime bheidh le baint fén Acht so d'aon tuarastal den tsórt san agus, i gcás an tuarastail sin do bheith á íoc ag níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin, i dtaobh méid na suime bheidh le baint den tuarastal san fén Acht so ag gach údarás áitiúil fé leith den tsórt san, isé bhéarfaidh breith ortha san ná an tAire agus ní bheidh dul thar a bhreith sin ortha.
(2) Féadfaidh iniúchóir, ar n-a cheapadh go cuibhe chun cuntaisí údaráis áitiúla d'iniúchadh, féadfaidh, le linn aon iniúchta bheidh á dhéanamh aige ar chuntaisí an údaráis áitiúla san, aon cheist den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo den alt so do tharrac anuas i dtaobh aon íocaíochta bheidh sna cuntaisí sin mar íoc i dtuarastal aon oifigigh don údarás áitiúil sin, agus isé bhéarfaidh breith ar gach ceist den tsórt san a tarraiceofar anuas amhlaidh ná an tAire agus san fén alt so agus ní bheidh dul thar a bhreith sin uirthi.
Srian le tuarastal do mhéadú.
13.—Ní bheidh éifeacht ag aon rún, ar n-a rith ag údarás áitiúil chun tuarastail oifigigh don údarás áitiúil sin do mhéadú alos na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, ní bheidh éifeacht aige tar éis an Achta so do rith mara dtoilighidh an tAire leis an méadú san.
Laigheadú ar thuarastal duine ar n-a cheapadh chun dualgaisí údaráis áitiúla do chólíonadh.
14.—I gcás inar shocruigh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí, roimh an Acht so do rith, luach saothair éinne do ceapadh fé fho-alt (3) d'alt 72 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 (Uimh. 5 de 1925), chun dualgaisí údaráis áitiúla do chólíonadh, déanfaidh an tAire sin agus tugtar comhacht do leis seo chun go ndéanfaidh, in aghaidh agus alos na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, pé atharú (más ann do) ar an luach saothair sin is dóich leis a chuirfidh in áirithe go laigheadófar an tsuim a thuillfidh an duine sin agus a bheidh iníoctha leis mar luach saothair den tsórt san sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann, go laigheadófar san pé méid is dóich leis an Aire sin is ceart ag féachaint do sna suimeanna bheidh le baint de thuarastail fén Acht so agus do chúrsaí eile an cháis.
Laigheadú ar chostaisí maidir le dréachtliostaí de choisteoirí.
15.—Déanfaidh an tAire Dlí agus Cirt agus tugtar comhacht do leis seo chun go ndéanfaidh, i dtaobh agus alos na ndréacht-liostaí de dhaoine d'ullmhú a bheidh cáilithe an 15adh lá de Mhí na Samhna, 1934, chun fónaimh mar choisteoirí agus a bheidh ionghlaoite chun fónaimh amhlaidh, pé atharú ar n-a scálaí atá i bhfeidhm fé fho-alt (3) d'alt 17 d'Acht na nGiúirithe, 1927 (Uimh. 23 de 1927), is dóich leis a chuirfidh in áirithe go laigheadófar na suimeanna is iníoctha le héinne do réir na scálaí sin, alos na ndréacht-liostaí sin d'ullamhú, go laigheadófar san pé méid is dóich leis an Aire sin is ceart ag féachaint do sna suimeanna bheidh le baint de thuarastail fén Acht so agus do chúrsaí eile an cháis.
Laigheadú ar chostaisí clárathachta.
16.—Déanfaidh an tAire Airgid agus tugtar comhacht do leis seo chun go ndéanfaidh, i dtaobh agus alos na gcostaisí clárathachta fé n-a raghfar maidir leis an gclár de thoghthóirí d'ullmhú thiocfaidh i bhfeidhm an 1adh lá de Mheitheamh, 1935, pé atharú ar scála na gcostaisí clárathachta do chuir sé le chéile fé fho-alt (3) d'alt 12 den Acht Timpeal Toghachán, 1923 (Uimh. 12 de 1923), is dóich leis a chuirfidh in áirithe go laigheadófar na suimeanna is iníoctha le héinne do réir an scála san, alos na gcostaisí sin, go laigheadófar san pé méid is dóich leis an Aire sir is ceart ag féachaint do sna suimeanna bheidh le baint de thuarastail fén Acht so agus do chúrsaí eile an cháis.
Oifigigh do thabhairt eolais uatha.
17.—(1) Má bhí oifigeach (seachas an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin) d'aon údarás áitiúil i seilbh oifigí, an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1934, fé níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin, bhéarfaidh, ar dháta nách déanaí ná coicíos tar éis an Achta so do rith, don phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin do gach údarás áitiúil fé leith ag á raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh, mion-innste i scríbhinn i dtaobh cineáil a fhostaíochta fé gach údarás áitiúil fé leith de sna húdaráis áitiúla eile ag á raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh agus i dtaobh an tuarastail do bhí no atá sé i dteideal d'fháil ón gcéanna.
(2) I gcás oifigigh (seachas an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin) d'aon údarás áitiúil do theacht aon tráth sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann chun bheith ar fostú ag aon údarás áitiúil eile (pe'ca oifigeach don údarás áitiúil a céad-luaidhtear é freisin an tráth san no nách eadh) bhéarfaidh, laistigh de cheithre lá déag tar éis an Achta so do rith no tar éis é do theacht chun bheith ar fostú amhlaidh, pe'ca tráth aca san is déanaí, bhéarfaidh don phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin do gach údarás áitiúil ag á bhfuil no ag á raibh sé ar fostú an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1934, no dá éis sin, mion-innste i scríbhinn i dtaobh cineáil a fhostaíochta fé gach údarás áitiúil fé leith de sna húdaráis áitiúla eile ag á bhfuil no ag á raibh sé ar fostú amhlaidh agus i dtaobh an tuarastail atá no do bhí sé i dteideal d'fháil ón gcéanna.
(3) Más rud é, i gcás oifigigh le n-a mbaineann ceachtar de sna fo-ailt sin roimhe seo den alt so, go dtiocfaidh aon atharú, tar éis an Achta so do rith agus roimh dheireadh na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, ar chineál a fhostaíochta fé aon údarás áitiúil ag á mbeidh sé ar fostú no ar mhéid an tuarastail a bheidh sé i dteideal d'fháil ón gcéanna, bhéarfaidh an t-oifigeach san, ar dháta nách déanaí ná coicíos tar éis an atharuithe sin do theacht in éifeacht, don phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin do gach údarás áitiúil fé leith de sna húdaráis áitiúla eile ag á mbeidh sé ar fostú mion-innste i scríbhinn i dtaobh an atharuithe sin.
(4) I gcás oifigigh (seachas an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin) d'aon údarás áitiúil d'fháil aon cheana dá thuarastal i bhfuirm táillí no luach saothair eile nách údarás áitiúil a íocann san leis bhéarfaidh an t-oifigeach san, laistigh de cheithre lá déag tar éis an Achta so do rith, don phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin do gach údarás áitiúil ag á mbeidh sé ar fostú, meastachán i scríbhinn i dtaobh an mhéide is dócha bheidh na táillí sin no an luach saothair eile sin a bheidh le fáil aige i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann, agus bhéarfaidh freisin, laistigh de cheithre lá déag tar éis an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1935, do gach príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin den tsórt san cuntas i scríbhinn i dtaobh na dtáillí sin no an luach saothair eile sin do fuair sé i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann.
(5) Má dhiúltuíonn aon oifigeach no má thugann faillí thoiliúil maidir le haon ghníomh do dhéanamh no aon dualgas do chólíonadh go bhfuil sé d'oblagáid air de bhuadh an ailt seo é do dhéanamh no do chólíonadh féadfaidh an tAire an t-oifigeach san do chur as a oifig i bhfostaíocht aon údaráis áitiúla no i bhfostaíocht gach údaráis áitiúla agus tuigfear gur cur-as-oifig mar gheall ar mhí-iompar an cur-as-oifig sin
(6) Má thárlann d'oifigeach, agus é ag tabhairt mion-innste i scríbhinn no meastacháin i scríbhinn do réir an ailt seo, aon mhion-innste no meastachán den tsórt san do thabhairt uaidh bheidh, go bhfios do, bréagach no mí-threorach i bponc táchtach, beidh an t-oifigeach san ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar caoga púnt do chur air agus fós an tAire dá chur, mar gheall ar mhí-iompar, as a oifig i bhfostaíocht aon údaráis áitiúla no i bhfostaíocht gach údaráis áitiúla.
Dualgas príomhoifigigh fheidhmiúcháin.
18.—(1) Déanfaidh an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin do gach údarás áitiúil ráiteas a chur fé bhráid an údaráis áitiúla san alos gach oifigigh (nách ceárdaí, oibritheoir oilte ná duine fé phágh chun fó-dhíúitéthe no gnáth-oibre agus chuige sin amháin do dhéanamh agus is duine ná bíonn ar fostú ach go hócáideach) ar fostú ag an údarás áitiúil sin i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann no i rith aon choda dhi sin, ráiteas ina dtaisbeánfar méid measta an tuarastail is iníoctha leis an oifigeach san i rith na bliana airgeadais áitiúla atá anois ann agus méid measta na suime bheidh le baint fén Acht so den tuarastal san agus, i gcás ina n-oiriúnuíonn san, méid measta an cheana den tsuim sin a bheidh le baint ag an údarás áitiúil sin den tuarastal san agus déanfaidh an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin sin an ráiteas san do chur fé bhráid amhlaidh ar dháta nách déanaí ná coicíos tar éis an Achta so do rith no tar éis don oifigeach le n-a mbaineann an ráiteas san teacht i bhfostaíocht an údaráis áitiúla san, pe'ca trath aca san is déanaí.
(2) I gcás duine do bheith tráth ar bith sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann ina oifigeach do níos mó ná údarás áitiúil amháin féadfaidh an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin d'aon údarás áitiúil den tsórt san, féadfaidh, aon tráth no tráthanna roimh an 1adh lá d'Eanar, 1936, a iarraidh ar an bpríomhoifigeach feidhmiúcháin d'aon údarás áitiúil eile den tsórt san mion-innste i scríbhinn do thabhairt do i dtaobh méide agus cineáil an tuarastail a bheidh an duine sin i dteideal d'fháil sa bhliain airgeadais áitiúil atá anois ann de bhuadh oifige fén údarás áitiúil eile sin, agus gach príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin d'údarás áitiúil ar a ndéanfar iarratas fén bhfo-alt so déanfaidh do réir an iarratais sin.
(3) Má dhiúltuíonn aon phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin no má thugann faillí thoiliúil maidir le haon ghníomh do dhéanamh no aon dualgas do chólíonadh go bhfuil sé d'oblagáid air de bhuadh an ailt seo é do dhéanamh no do chólíonadh féadfaidh an tAire an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin sin do chur as a oifig agus tuigfear gur cur-as-oifig mar gheall ar mhí-iompar an cur-asoifig sin.
(4) Má dheineann aon phríomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin, agus é ag cur ráitis fé bhráid údaráis áitiúla no ag tabhairt mion-innste uaidh do réir an ailt seo, aon ráiteas den tsórt san do chur fé bhráid an údaráis áitiúla san no aon mhion-innste den tsórt san do thabhairt uaidh a bheidh, go bhfios do, bréagach no mí-threorach i bponc táchtach, beidh an príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin sin ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar caoga púnt do chur air agus fós é do chur as a oifig mar gheall ar mhí-iompar.
An tAcht Seirbhísí Puiblí (Fearachas Sealadach), 1933, do leasú.
19.—Deintear leis seo fo-alt (2) d'alt 11 den Acht Seirbhísí Puiblí (Fearachas Sealadach), 1933 (Uimh. 37 de 1933), do leasú mar leanas, agus léireofar é agus beidh éifeacht aige dá réir sin, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tré sna focail “no chun suimeanna do bhaint” do chur isteach sa bhfo-alt san díreach i ndiaidh na bhfocal “tar éis suimeanna do bhaint,” agus
(b) tré sna focail “sa bhliain airgeadais atá anois ann” do scriosadh amach agus tré sna focail agus na figiúirí “sa bhliain airgeadais dar tosach an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1934,” do chur isteach ina n-ionad san.
SCEIDEAL.
RATAI NA SUIMEANNA BAINFEAR DE THUARASTAIL.
Cuid I.
I gcás gan an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do bheith níos mó ná £300—Nil.
I gcás an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do bheith níos mó ná £300 gan bheith nios mó ná £400—2 per cent. per annum den tuarastal.
I gcás an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do bheith níos mó ná £400— per cent.
2 | per annum den chéad £400 den ráta tuarastail bliantúil. | ||||||||
plus | 2½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | no cuid de | £100 | eile den ráta | tuarastail bliantúil |
,, | 3 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 4½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 6 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 8 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 10 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 12½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 15 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 17½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 20 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | £100 | ,, ,, | ,, |
,, | 22½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £200 | ,, ,, | £200 | ,, ,, | ,, |
plus 25 per cent. per annum de pé méid den ráta tuarastail bliantúil atá thar £1,600.
Ní déanfar in aon chás an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do thabhairt tré laigheadú fé bhun £300.
Cuid II.
I gcás gan an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do bheith níos mó ná £210—Nil.
I gcás an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do bheith—
níos mó ná £210 gan bheith níos mó ná £300—5 per cent. per annum den ráta tuarastail bliantúil
,, | ,, | £300 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £400—5¼ | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | ,, | £400 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £500—5½ | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | ,, | £500—5½ per cent. per annum den chéad £500, | |||||||
plus 6 per cent. per annum dean chéad £100 no cuid de £100 eile den ráta tuarastail biantúil
,, | 6½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 7 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 8½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 10 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 12½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
, | 15 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 17½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 20 | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
,, | 22½ | ,, | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | £100 | ,, | ,, | ,, |
plus 25 per cent. per annum de pé méid de atá thar £1,500.
Ní déanfar in aon chás an ráta tuarastail bliantúil do thabhairt tré laigheadú fé bhun £210.
Cuid III.
(i) I gcás ceárdaithe agus oibritheoirí oilte eile agus daoine fé phágh chun fo-dhiúitéthe no gnáth-oibre agus chuige sin amháin do dhéanamh—Nil
(ii) I ngach cás eile—5 per cent. den mhéid iomlán is iníoctha.
Number 16 of 1934.
LOCAL SERVICES (TEMPORARY ECONOMIES) ACT, 1934.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Rates of Deductions.
Acts Referred to | |
No. 12 of 1923 | |
No. 37 of 1933 | |
No. 5 of 1925 | |
No. 23 of 1927 | |
Number 16 of 1934.
LOCAL SERVICES (TEMPORARY ECONOMIES) ACT, 1934.
Short title.
1.—This Act may be cited as the Local Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1934.
Definitions.
2.—(1) For the purposes of this Act each of the following bodies and persons shall be a local authority, that is to say:—
(a) the council of a county, county borough, borough, or urban district, a board of guardians, the commissioners of a town, and a port sanitary authority, and
(b) a person appointed by or under a statute to perform the functions or any of the functions of any such council, board, or commissioners, and
(c) a committee or joint committee or a board or joint board (whether incorporated or not incorporated) of or appointed by any one or more of such councils, boards, commissioners, authorities, or persons, and
(d) a school attendance committee, a vocational education committee, and a committee of agriculture.
(2) In this Act the expression “the Minister”—
(a) in relation to a committee of agriculture means the Minister for Agriculture, and
(b) in relation to a school attendance committee or a vocational education committee means the Minister for Education, and
(c) in relation to any other local authority means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.
(3) In this Act—
the word “officer” means any person in the employment of a local authority other than a medical officer in such employment;
the word “employment” shall be construed as including engagement and retainer;
the word “rate” includes percentage;
the expression “the current local financial year” means the local financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1934.
Definition of “salary.”
3.—(1) In this Act the word “salary” means salary in respect of employment by a local authority and (save as is otherwise expressly provided) includes all salary, pay, wages, commission, fees, and other remuneration in respect of such employment whether fixed or paid under statute, order, or regulation or otherwise howsoever, and whether calculated by reference to a period of time or by reference to work done, or on any other basis, and also includes allowances and benefits (whether paid in money or given otherwise than in money) forming part of the remuneration in respect of such employment, but does not include any of the following payments, that is to say:—
(a) payments made by way of allowance for or reimbursement of specific expenses incurred;
(b) payments (whether separate or included in other remuneration) which are expressly made or are deemed under this section to be made as an allowance for or towards necessary equipment;
(c) payments made by or on behalf of a Department of State;
(d) payments by way of fees or other remuneration paid in pursuance of section 17 of the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 23 of 1927);
(e) payments by a registration officer as part of the registration expenses referred to in section 12 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923);
(f) payments by way of fees or other remuneration paid to an officer of a local authority the amounts of which such officer is required either by statute or by contract to hand over to the local authority by which such officer is employed;
(g) payments by way of fees payable to registrars of births, deaths, and marriages under section 54 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863 and under section 21 of the Registration of Marriages Act (Ireland) 1863; and
(h) payments by way of fees or other remuneration payable to registrars of stocks or other securities issued by local authorities.
(2) Where in the current local financial year any officer, other than an officer employed to perform duties of an occasional nature, purchases equipment required for the performance of his duties as such officer and for the purchase of which no allowance is expressly made to him, the Minister on the application of such officer may, if he thinks proper, declare in writing that a specified proportion of the salary of such officer, or of every officer of the class to which such officer belongs, is paid for the purpose of purchasing such equipment, and whenever the Minister so declares, such proportion of such salary shall be deemed to be payments made as an allowance for or towards necessary equipment.
(3) Where a person holds two or more offices from the salaries of which deductions are required by this Act to be made, his salary for the purposes of such deductions shall be taken to be the aggregate amount of the respective salaries of those offices and such aggregate amount shall be subject to such deduction as would be appropriate if it were the salary of one office.
(4) Where a person, who is in receipt of a salary from which a deduction is required by this Act to be made, earns and becomes entitled to be paid during the current local financial year special remuneration (in addition to his normal salary) in respect of services rendered to a local authority by him during that year or any part thereof, the annual rate of his salary for the purposes of this Act shall be taken to be the aggregate of the following amounts, that is to say:—
(a) the annual rate of his normal salary, and
(b) the total amount of such special remuneration earned by and payable to him in the current local financial year.
Deductions from salaries of officers.
4.—(1) From every salary which, during the current local financial year, is earned by and payable to an officer in respect of employment by a local authority the local authority paying such salary shall make a deduction calculated in accordance with this Act.
(2) The deduction made under this Act from the salary of any person shall, so far as may be practicable, be made rateably from every payment of such salary made in the current local financial year and after the passing of this Act, save that deductions from any salary which would under this section have fallen to be made in the portion of the said year prior to the passing of this Act (if this Act had then been in force) shall be made from the next payment or payments (as the case may require) of such salary made after the passing of this Act, but so that not more shall be so deducted from any one such payment than fifty per cent. of such payment.
(3) All sums deducted under this Act from any moneys payable to an officer by way of salary shall be applied to the same purposes as the fund from which such moneys are paid to such officer.
Deductions from salaries of officers who are officers of more than one local authority.
5.—The following provisions shall apply and have effect in respect of every officer who holds offices under more than one local authority, that is to say:—
(a) for the purpose of the calculation of the deduction to be made under this Act from the salary of such officer, such salary shall be taken to be the aggregate of the salaries which he is entitled to receive in respect of his said offices;
(b) the said deduction, when calculated in pursuance of the foregoing paragraph of this section, shall be apportioned between the several salaries received by such officer by virtue of his said offices in proportion to the respective amounts of those salaries, and the amount so apportioned to any such salary shall, for the purpose of this Act, be the deduction in respect of such salary;
(c) the deduction to be made under this Act from any of the said salaries of such officer shall be made by the local authority paying such salary, save that where any such salary is paid, wholly or in part, otherwise than in money the Minister may direct that the whole or any specified part of such deduction shall, in lieu of being made by the local authority paying such salary, be made by a specified other local authority or specified other local authorities paying salary to such officer wholly or partly in money and, if more than one such local authority, in specified proportions, and whenever any such direction is given by the Minister the local authority or local authorities concerned shall comply therewith and every deduction made in pursuance of such direction shall be paid by the local authority making such deduction to the local authority by whom such deduction would have been required by this Act to be made if such direction had not been given.
Calculation of deductions from salaries.
6.—(1) The deduction to be made under this Act from the salary of an officer shall be calculated in the manner following, that is to say:—
(a) where the whole of such salary is variable remuneration, under Part I of the Schedule to this Act and at the rate applicable in that Part to the amount of such salary;
(b) where no part of such salary is variable remuneration, under Part II of the Schedule to this Act and at the rate applicable under that Part to the amount of such salary;
(c) where a portion only of such salary is variable remuneration by adding together—
(i) a sum ascertained by applying to the portion of such salary which is variable remuneration the rate or rates in Part I of the Schedule to this Act which would be applicable if the whole of such salary were variable remuneration, and
(ii) a sum ascertained by applying to the portion of such salary which is not variable remuneration the rate or rates in Part II of the Schedule to this Act which would be applicable to that portion if none of such salary were variable remuneration;
(d) where the service rendered by the officer is occasional, under Part III of the Schedule to this Act.
(2) For the purposes of the application under this section of Parts I and II respectively of the Schedule to this Act to the salary of any officer whose salary is in part only variable remuneration, such part of such salary shall be deemed to be the first part of such salary and the word “first” and the word “next” in the said Parts of the said Schedule when so applied shall be construed accordingly.
(3) Where the salary from which a deduction is to be made under this Act includes an allowance or benefit given otherwise than in money, or includes fees payable by persons other than the local authority employing the person in receipt of such salary, or includes both such allowance or benefit and such fees, the deduction to be made under this Act from such salary shall (though calculated on the whole of such salary) be made only from the portion of such salary which does not consist of such allowance, benefit, or fees.
(4) Where a part of the salary of an officer consists of an amount in respect of which a bonus, varying with the cost of living and calculated by reference to such amount, is paid to such officer, such amount and such bonus shall for the purposes of this section be taken together as one sum and such one sum shall be variable remuneration for the purposes of this section and is hereinafter in this section referred to as remuneration variable by reason of bonus.
(5) Where a part of the salary of an officer consists of remuneration variable by reason of bonus and part consists of an allowance or benefit given otherwise than in money, the said remuneration variable by reason of bonus and the value of such allowance or benefit shall be taken together as one sum for the purposes of this section, and such one sum shall also be variable remuneration for the purposes of this section
(6) Where part of the salary of an officer consists of an allowance or benefit given otherwise than in money, and no part of such salary is remuneration variable by reason of bonus, the value of such allowance or benefit shall also be variable remuneration for the purposes of this section.
Calculation of deduction where rate of salary is altered.
7.—For the purposes of calculating the deduction to be made under this Act from the salary of a person in continuous employment whose rate of salary is altered during the current local financial year, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) each part of the current local financial year during which the rate of salary of such person remains unaltered shall be treated as a separate employment;
(b) the deduction proper to be made under this Act in respect of each such separate employment shall be ascertained and shall be calculated as if such separate employment were the only employment of such person during the current local financial year;
(c) the deduction to be made under this Act from the salary of such person shall be the total of the several deductions ascertained under the next preceding paragraph of this section;
(d) this section shall apply whether the said continuous employment of such person does or does not extend over the whole of the current local financial year.
Relief in respect of deductions under Public Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1933.
8.—In the calculation of the deduction to be made under this Act from the salary of an officer from whose salary deductions were or are made (whether before or after the passing of this Act or before or after the commencement of the current local financial year) under section 12 of the Public Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1933 (No. 37 of 1933), such officer shall be entitled to credit against such deduction for the said deductions so made from his salary under the said section 12, and the amount of the said deduction shall be reduced accordingly.
Adjustment of deductions from salaries.
9.—Where, after the expiration of the current local financial year, any local authority ascertains that the deductions made or purported to be made under this Act in that year from the salary of any officer in its employment were either greater or less than the deductions required by this Act to be made from such salary, such local authority shall, before the end of the year 1935, adjust the amount of such deductions either (as the case may require) by a refund to such officer or by a deduction from the salary of such officer payable to him in the year 1935.
Saving for pensions, etc.
10.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the amount of salary by reference to which the amount of any compensation, superannuation allowance, pension, or gratuity is computed nor the amount of salary by reference to which contributions to a pension fund or under a superannuation scheme are computed, and accordingly deductions made under or by virtue of this Act shall not be taken into account in the computation of any such compensation, allowance, pension, gratuity, or contribution nor in the calculation of any average on which such computation is based.
(2) Where a person who has been granted a superannuation allowance or a pension is in receipt of a salary from which a deduction is made under this Act, the amount of such allowance or pension actually payable shall be computed by reference to the full amount of such salary, and such deduction shall not be taken into account for the purpose of such computation.
Preservation of contracts of service.
11.—The making under this Act of a deduction from salary paid under a contract of service shall not operate to terminate such contract, and such contract shall, notwithstanding the making of such deduction, continue to subsist but subject to the obligation or right to make and the obligation to suffer such deduction.
Determination of disputes.
12.—(1) Every doubt, question, and dispute which shall arise as to whether any person is an officer within the meaning of this Act or as to the amount of the salary for the purposes of this Act of any officer or as to the amount of the deduction to be made under this Act from any such salary, and if such salary is paid by more than one local authority, as to the amount of the deduction to be made from such salary under this Act by each such local authority, shall be determined by the Minister whose determination thereof shall be final.
(2) An auditor duly appointed to audit the accounts of a local authority may, on any audit of the accounts of such local authority, raise any such question as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section in relation to any payment appearing in such accounts of the salary of any officer of such local authority, and every such question so raised shall be determined under this section by the Minister whose determination thereof shall be final.
Restriction on increase of salary.
13.—No resolution of a local authority increasing the salary of an officer of such local authority in respect of the current local financial year shall have effect after the passing of this Act unless the Minister has consented to such increase.
Reduction of salary of person appointed to perform duties of local authority.
14.—Where the Minister for Local Government and Public Health has, before the passing of this Act, fixed the remuneration of any person appointed under sub-section (3) of section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), to perform the duties of a local authority, the said Minister shall make and is hereby empowered to make for and in respect of the current local financial year such variation (if any) of such remuneration as shall, in his opinion, secure that the sum earned by and payable to such person as such remuneration in the current local financial year shall be reduced by such amount as the said Minister shall think proper having regard to the deductions from salaries to be made under this Act and the other circumstances of the case.
Reduction of expenses in relation to draft jurors lists.
15.—The Minister for Justice shall make and is hereby empowered to make, for and in respect of the preparation of the draft lists of persons qualified on the 15th day of November, 1934, to serve as jurors and liable so to serve, such variation of the scales in force under sub-section (3) of section 17 of the Juries Act, 1927 (No. 23 of 1927), as will in his opinion secure that the sums payable in respect of the preparation of the said draft lists to any person in accordance with such scales will be reduced by such amount as the said Minister shall think proper having regard to the deductions from salaries to be made under this Act and the other circumstances of the case.
Reduction in registration expenses.
16.—The Minister for Finance shall make and is hereby empowered to make, for and in respect of the registration expenses incurred in relation to the preparation of the register of electors which will come into force on the 1st day of June, 1935, such variation of the scale of registration expenses framed by him under sub-section (3) of section 12 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923), as will in his opinion secure that the sums payable in respect of such expenses to any person in accordance with such scale will be reduced by such amount as the said Minister shall think proper having regard to the deductions from salaries to be made under this Act and the other circumstances of the case.
Furnishing of information by officers.
17.—(1) Where an officer (other than the chief executive officer) of any local authority held on the 1st day of April, 1934, offices under more than one local authority, he shall, not later than one fortnight after the passing of this Act, give to the chief executive officer of each local authority by whom he was so employed written particulars of the nature of his employment with, and of the salary which he was or is entitled to receive from, each of the other local authorities by whom he was so employed.
(2) Where an officer (other than the chief executive officer) of any local authority became or becomes at any time in the current local financial year employed by any other local authority (whether he is or is not at that time also an officer of the first-mentioned local authority), he shall, within fourteen days after the passing of this Act or his becoming so employed, whichever is the later, give to the chief executive officer of every local authority by whom he is or was employed on or after the 1st day of April, 1934, written particulars of the nature of his employment with and of the salary he is or was entitled to receive from each of the other local authorities by whom he is or was so employed.
(3) Where, in the case of an officer to whom either of the foregoing sub-sections of this section applies, any variation occurs after the passing of this Act and before the end of the current local financial year in the nature of his employment with or the amount of the salary which he is entitled to receive from any of the local authorities by whom he is employed, such officer shall, not later than one fortnight after such variation takes effect, give to the chief executive officer of each of the other local authorities by whom he is employed written particulars of such variation.
(4) Where an officer (other than the chief executive officer) of any local authority receives any portion of his salary in the form of fees or other remuneration not paid to him by a local authority, such officer shall, within fourteen days after the passing of this Act, give to the chief executive officer of every local authority by which he is employed an estimate in writing of the probable amount of such fees or other remuneration to be received by him during the current local financial year, and shall also, within fourteen days after the 31st day of March, 1935, give to every such chief executive officer an account in writing of such fees or other remuneration actually received by him during the current local financial year.
(5) If any officer refuses or wilfully neglects to do any act or perform any duty the doing or performance of which is rendered obligatory for him by virtue of this section, the Minister may remove such officer from his position of employment by any or every local authority and such removal shall be deemed to be removal for misconduct.
(6) If an officer giving written particulars or an estimate in writing in pursuance of this section gives any such particulars or estimate which are or is to his knowledge false or misleading in a material respect, such officer shall be guilty of an offence under this section and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds and also to be removed for misconduct by the Minister from his position of employment by any or every local authority.
Duty of chief executive officer.
18.—(1) The chief executive officer of every local authority shall submit to such local authority, in respect of each officer (not being an artisan, skilled labourer or a person hired to perform only subordinate duties or ordinary labour whose employment is occasional only) in the employment of such local authority during the current local financial year or any part thereof, a statement showing the estimated amount of the salary payable to such officer during the current local financial year and of the deduction to be made under this Act from such salary and where appropriate of the proportion of such deduction made by such local authority and such chief executive officer shall so submit such statement not later than one fortnight after the passing of this Act or the entry of the officer to whom such statement relates into the employment of such local authority, whichever is the later.
(2) Where a person is at any time in the current local financial year an officer of more than one local authority, the chief executive officer of any such local authority may at any time or times before the 1st day of January, 1936, request the chief executive officer of any other such local authority to supply to him written particulars of the amount and nature of the salary which such person is entitled to receive in the current local financial year by virtue of an office under such other local authority, and every chief executive officer of a local authority to whom a request is made under this sub-section shall comply with such request.
(3) If any chief executive officer refuses or wilfully neglects to do any act or perform any duty the doing or performance of which is rendered obligatory for him by virtue of this section, the Minister may remove such chief executive officer from his office, and such removal shall be deemed to be removal for misconduct.
(4) If any chief executive officer submitting a statement or supplying particulars in pursuance of this section submits any such statement or supplies any such particulars which is or are to his knowledge false or misleading in a material respect, such chief executive officer shall be guilty of an offence under this section and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds and also to be removed for misconduct from his office.
Amendment of the Public Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1933.
19.—Sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Public Services (Temporary Economies) Act, 1933 (No. 37 of 1933), is hereby amended as follows and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—
(a) by the insertion in that sub-section of the words “or will make” immediately after the words “has made,” and
(b) by the deletion of the words “current financial year” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words and figures “financial year beginning on the 1st day of April, 1934.”
SCHEDULE.
RATES OF DEDUCTIONS.
Part I.
Where the annual rate of salary does not exceed £300—Nil. | ||||||||||
” | ” | ” | exceeds £300 but does not exceed £400—2 per cent. per annum of the salary. | |||||||
Where the annual rate of salary exceeds £400:— | ||||||||||
per cent. | ||||||||||
2 per annum from the first £400 of the annual rate of salary. | ||||||||||
plus | 2½ | ” | ” | next £ 100 or part of £ 100 of the annual rate of salary | ||||||
” | 3 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 4½ | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 6 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 8 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 10 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 12½ | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 15 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 17½ | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 20 | ” | ” | ” | £ 100 | ” | £ 100 | ” | ” | |
” | 22½ | ” | ” | ” | £ 200 | ” | £ 200 | ” | ” | |
plus 25 per cent. per annum from so much of the annual rate of salary as is in excess of £1,600. In no case shall the annual rate of a salary be reduced by deduction to less than £300. | ||||||||||
Part II.
Where the annual rate of salary does not exceed £210—Nil. | |||||||
exceeds £210 but does not exceed £300—5per cent. per annum of the annual rate of salary | |||||||
” | £300 | ” | ” | £400—5¼ ” | ” | ” | ” |
” | £400 | ” | ” | £500—5½ ” | ” | ” | ” |
exceeds £500—5½ per cent. per annum from the first £500, | |||||||
plus 6 per cent. per annum from the next £100 or part of £100 of the annual rate of salary | |||||||
” | 6½ | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 7 | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 8½ | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 10 | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 12½ | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 15 | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 17½ | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 20 | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
” | 22½ | ” | ” | £100 | ” | of £100 | ” |
plus 25 per cent. per annum from so much as is in excess of £1,500. In no case shall the annual rate of salary be reduced by deduction to less than £210. | |||||||
Part III.
(i) In the case of artisans and other skilled labourers and persons hired to perform only subordinate duties or ordinary labour—Nil.
(ii) In all other cases—5 per cent. of the full amount payable.