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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AUTHORITY ACT, 1977
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
FIRST SCHEDULE Provisions Relating to the Authority
Provisions Relating to the Authority
Section 9.
Seal of the Authority.
1. The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and dispose of land.
Attestation of seal.
2. (1) The common seal of the Authority shall, when applied to a document, be attested by the signature of a member of the Board and by the signature of the Director or of a member of the staff of the Authority authorised by the Board to act in that behalf.
(2) All courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the common seal of the Authority and every document purporting to be an instrument made by the Authority and to be sealed with the common seal 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.
Contracts or instruments not under seal.
3. 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 Authority by any person generally or specially authorised by the Board for that purpose.
SECOND SCHEDULE Provisions Relating to the Board
Provisions Relating to the Board
Section 25.
Term of office of members.
1. (1) Eight members of the Board to be established on the commencement of section 25 shall be appointed for a period of three years, a further eight members shall be appointed for a period of four years and the remaining members for a period of five years.
(2) The members to be appointed for the several periods of three years, four years and five years shall be determined by lot.
(3) Except as provided in subparagraph (1) the term of office of a member of the Board shall, subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, be five years.
Eligibility of outgoing members.
2. A member of the Board whose term of office expires by effluxion of time shall be eligible for re-appointment.
Resignation.
3. A member of the Board may resign his office as such member by letter sent by post to the Minister, and the resignation shall take effect on the date which is one month after the date of the receipt of the letter, if the resignation is not previously withdrawn in writing.
Removal.
4. The Minister may at any time remove a member of the Board from office.
Disqualification.
5. (1) Where a member of the Board is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or for election to either House of the Oireachtas, he shall, on accepting nomination as a member of Seanad Éireann or on nomination for such election (as the case may be), cease to be a member of the Board.
(2) Any person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming a member of the Board.
(3) A member of the Board shall be disqualified from holding and shall cease to hold office if he is adjudged bankrupt or makes a composition or arrangement with creditors or is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to suffer imprisonment or penal servitude or ceases to be ordinarily resident in the State.
Casual vacancies.
6. (1) A casual vacancy occurring among the members of the Board shall be filled by appointment by the Minister in accordance with an order under section 26.
(2) A person appointed under this paragraph shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
Meetings.
7. (1) The Board shall hold at least three meetings in every year which commences after the commencement of section 25.
(2) The Board shall hold special meetings at any time at the request of the chairman or eight other members of the Board.
Procedure.
8. (1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be eight.
(2) At a meeting of the Board—
(a) the chairman shall, if present, be chairman of the meeting,
(b) if and so long as the chairman is not present or if the office of chairman is vacant, the members of the Board who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
(3) Every question at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(4) The Board may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Board and of the committees appointed under section 29.
THIRD SCHEDULE PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED TO THE AUTHORITY
PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED TO THE AUTHORITY
Section 53.
Property
Property
Townland
Townland
County
County
Area
Area
Tenure
Tenure
A.
A.
R.
R.
P.
P.
Mellowes Agricultural
Mellowes Agricultural
Ballygarraun West
Ballygarraun West
Galway
Galway
200.
200.
3.
3.
21
21
Fee simple
Fee simple
College, Athenry
College, Athenry
Ballygarraun South
Ballygarraun South
”
”
195.
195.
3.
3.
35
35
Newford
Newford
”
”
213.
213.
3.
3.
3
3
Gortnahowen
Gortnahowen
”
”
59.
59.
2.
2.
8
8
Park
Park
”
”
5.
5.
1.
1.
13
13
Clonakilty
Clonakilty
Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Darrara
Darrara
Cork
Cork
345.
345.
3.
3.
28
28
Fee simple
Fee simple
Ballyhaise
Ballyhaise
Annaghduff
Annaghduff
Cavan
Cavan
87.
87.
1.
1.
4
4
Fee simple
Fee simple
Agricultural
Agricultural
Carrickmore
Carrickmore
”
”
6.
6.
3.
3.
30
30
College
College
Drumarow
Drumarow
”
”
141.
141.
3.
3.
26
26
Drumcrow
Drumcrow
”
”
98.
98.
1.
1.
19
19
Drumhome
Drumhome
”
”
74.
74.
0.
0.
35
35
Elteen
Elteen
”
”
101.
101.
3.
3.
2
2
Lisnagowan
Lisnagowan
”
”
38.
38.
0.
0.
5
5
Oakwood or Drumally
Oakwood or Drumally
”
”
74.
74.
0.
0.
18
18
Raheg
Raheg
”
”
72.
72.
0.
0.
9
9
Townparks
Townparks
”
”
49.
49.
3.
3.
10
10
Kildalton
Kildalton
Agricultural and Horticultural College
Agricultural and Horticultural College
Kildalton
Kildalton
Kilkenny
Kilkenny
364.
364.
3.
3.
33
33
Fee Simple
Fee Simple
Cereal Station, Ballynacorra
Cereal Station, Ballynacorra
Ballynacorra East
Ballynacorra East
Cork
Cork
129.
129.
3.
3.
1
1
5-year lease, commencing on the 30th day of September, 1969, and thereafter leased from year to year.
5-year lease, commencing on the 30th day of September, 1969, and thereafter leased from year to year.
Ballinacurra
Ballinacurra
”
”
24.
24.
3.
3.
5
5
FOURTH SCHEDULE ENACTMENTS REPEALED
ENACTMENTS REPEALED
Section 7.
Number and Year
Number and Year
Short Title
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
Extent of Repeal
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(3)
No. 8 of 1931
No. 8 of 1931
Agriculture Act, 1931
Agriculture Act, 1931
Sections 22, 23, 27, 28, 35, 36 (2), 38 (2) (3) and Rule 2 in the Second Schedule.
Sections 22, 23, 27, 28, 35, 36 (2), 38 (2) (3) and Rule 2 in the Second Schedule.
No. 3 of 1944
No. 3 of 1944
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1944
Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
No. 24 of 1948
No. 24 of 1948
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948.
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948.
Section 4.
Section 4.
No. 1 of 1958
No. 1 of 1958
Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958
Agriculture (An Foras Talúntais) Act, 1958
The whole Act.
The whole Act.
No. 17 of 1958
No. 17 of 1958
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958
Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1958
Sections 2 (2) and 6.
Sections 2 (2) and 6.