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S.I. No. 149/1971 - Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1971.
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
1. Board and lodging: per day
0·75
0·68
0·62
0·54
0·48
Board : per day.. .. .. .. ..
0·65
0·58
0·52
0·44
0·38
Breadfast: per day.. .. .. ..
0·15
0·13
0·12
0·10
0·08
Dinner: per day.. .. .. ..
0·30
0·27
0·23
0·20
0·18
Afternoon tea: per day.. .. .. ..
0·05
0·05
0·05
0·04
0·04
Supper: per day.. .. .. .. ..
0·15
0·13
0·12
0·10
0·08
Lodging: per day.. .. .. ..
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
2. House or Cottage : without garden, or with a garden not exceeding one statute rood, per week..
0·15
0·15
0·15
0·15
0·15
SEVENTH SCHEDULE (
continued
).
Benefits or advantages
Value at which they are to be reckoned in respect of
Male and female agricultural workers of 19 years and over
Male and female agricultural workers under 19 years and not under 18 years
Male and female agricultural workers under 18 years and not under 17 years
Male and female agricultural workers under 17 years and not under 16 years
Male and female agricultural workers under 16 years and not under 14 years
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
£
£
£
£
£
3. Land for potatoes or roots, per statute rood: per week .. .. .. .. .. ..
0·05
0·05
0·05
0·05
0·05
Land for potatoes or roots, when cultivated, tilled, manured, seeded and crop lifted by employer, per statute rood : per week .. .. ..
0·30
0·30
0·30
0·30
0·30
Land for potatoes or roots, when cultivated, tilled and manured and crop lifted by employer, per statute rood : per week
0·25
0·25
0·25
0·25
0·25
4. Fresh Milk: per gallon .. .. .. ..
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
5. Grass of Cow
1st May to 30th November: per week .. ..
0·15
0·15
0·15
0·15
0·15
1st December to 30th April : per week .. ..
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
0·10
SEALED with the Common Seal of the Agricultural Wages Board this 23rd day of April, 1971.
The Seal of the Board was affixed in the presence of
SEÁN LEE,
Chairman of the Board.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The effect of this Order is—
(1) to increase with effect from 31st May, 1971, the prescribed minimum rates of wages payable to male and female agricultural workers.
(2) to increase the allowance for board and lodgings (Seventh Schedule).
6. Where for any district a rate of wages (hereinafter referred to as the winter rate) is fixed by this Order in respect of work done by an agricultural worker in winter and a different rate (hereinafter referred to as the rate for the remainder of the year) is fixed by this Order as the rate of wages in respect of work done by such agricultural worker during the remainder of the year, then for the purpose of calculating the amount of any sum payable as wages to such agricultural worker for work done partly in winter and partly during the remainder of the year, the winter rate shall be the rate of wages for so much of such work as may be done in winter, and the rate for the remainder of the year shall be the rate of wages for so much of such work as may be done during the remainder of the year.
7. Male agricultural workers under 15 years and not under 14 years
27·15 Winter
28·15 Remainder of year
6·40
0·19 Winter
0·17 Remainder of year
0·24 Winter
0·21 Remainder of year
FIFTH SCHEDULE
MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES FOR SPECIFIED CLASSES OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
Classes of Agricultural Workers
Rate per week in which 44 hours work is done during the winter period and rate per week in which 48 hours work is done during the remainder of the year (exclusive of work on Sunday or weekly half-holiday)
Rate per hour for work done in any week in which less than 44 hours work is done during the winter period and rate per hour in which less than 48 hours work is done during the remainder of the year (exclusive of work on Sunday or weekly half-holiday)
Overtime rate per hour payable for any time worked in any week in excess of 44 hours during the winter period and in excess of 48 hours during the remainder of the year (exclusive of work on Sunday or weakly half holiday)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
£
£
£
£
S.I. No. 149 of 1971.
AGRICULTURAL WAGES (MINIMUM RATES) ORDER, 1971.
The Agricultural Wages Board, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by
Section 17
of the
Agricultural Wages Act, 1936
(No. 53 of 1936), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows:—