S.I. No. 75/1961 - Harbour Authorities (Allowances To Members) Rules, 1961.

1. These rules may be cited as the Harbour Authorities (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1961.

2. The allowance to be paid under paragraph (

a

) or paragraph (

b

) of subsection (7) of

section 9

of the

Harbours Act, 1947

(No. 34 of 1947), to a member of a harbour authority in respect of absence from his official residence by reason of attendance at a meeting or meetings to which either such paragraph relates shall be—

(

a

) 4s. 6d. in respect of a continuous period of less than seven hours and not less than three hours, and

(

b

) 7s. in respect of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

3. The form set out in the Schedule hereto is the form to be used in respect of applications under these rules.

SCHEDULE.

To ............................................................ ........................................... (Harbour Authority)

Application for allowances under

Section 9

(7) of the

Harbours Act, 1947

.

I hereby apply for allowances amounting to £..................under

Section 9

(7) of the

Harbours Act, 1947

for attendances at the meetings specified hereunder during the month of ...............................*

Date of Meeting

Time of Meeting

Duration of Meeting

Time of Departure from Residence

Time of Return to Residence

Period of continuous absence

Amount claimed

Total amount claimed

I declare that the foregoing statement is to the best of my knowledge and belief true and correct and that I am not eligible for an allowance under Subsection (7) of

Section 67

of the

Local Government Act, 1946

, in respect of attendance at a local authority meeting on any of the dates in the statement.

Signed....................................................

Official Residence...........................................................

Date........................ ............................................................ ....................

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For completion by General Manager or Secretary.

Payment of £............................................................ .. authorised by resolution of the Harbour

Authority dated ............................................................ ..........

Signed............................................................ ........

Date............................................................ .

*A separate claim is to be furnished in respect of each month.

Note : A member of a Harbour Authority who is a member of a local authority should furnish each claim in duplicate.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of April, 1961.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to make rules for the calculation of allowances which may be paid by a Harbour Authority to members whose attendance at meetings of the Harbour Authority involves absence from their official residences for a continuous period of not less than three hours and the places at which such meetings are held are not less than three miles by any route from their official residences.

S.I. No. 75 of 1961.

HARBOUR AUTHORITIES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1961.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (7) of

section 9

of the

Harbours Act, 1947

(No. 34 of 1947), and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 (

S.I. No. 125 of 1959

), hereby make the following rules :—