Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act—
“the Act of 1945” means the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College Act, 1945 ;
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paragraphs: —On the operative date the Estate shall, by virtue of this section, vest in the Institute for all the interest therein which immediately before the operative date was vested in the Minister.
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paragraphs: —The Estate shall be used exclusively for the purpose of a lay agricultural college, which purpose is hereby extended so as to include the conduct of agricultural research, and for no other purpose whatever, and the Act of 1945, the Agreement of 1944 and the Conveyance of 1944 shall be construed accordingly.
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paragraphs: —The Estate shall continue to be known and described by the name of “Johnstown Castle Agricultural College” and such name shall not be changed.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“the existing Nurse” means the person who immediately before the operative date holds the position of District Jubilee Nurse and is entitled by virtue of section 5 of the Act of 1945 to reside in the Gate Lodge free of rent;
“the Gate Lodge” means the Gate Lodge at Rathaspick on the Estate.
(2) The existing Nurse shall be entitled during her life to reside in the Gate Lodge free of rent.
(3) The Gate Lodge while occupied by the existing Nurse shall be exempt from assessment for any rate made by a local authority.
(4) The Institute shall keep the Gate Lodge in good order, repair and condition while it is occupied by the existing Nurse.
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paragraphs: —(1) No further demolition of Johnstown Castle or exterior structural alterations thereof shall be undertaken and no alteration to the crenellated entrances to the Estate shall be made, unless, with the passage of time, it should be found necessary to undertake such demolition or alterations because the maintenance of the structures would be no longer practicable, in which case, no such demolition or alterations shall be made until Maurice Victor Lakin shall have been notified of the proposal to do so and has been afforded an opportunity of making representations.
(2) No construction shall be undertaken within a view of Johnstown Castle or of the main avenues which is not designed in harmony with the style of the said Castle.
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paragraphs: —Sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Act of 1945 shall continue on and after the operative date to apply in respect of the Estate, subject to the modification that the reference in the said section 8 to the Minister for Agriculture shall be construed as a reference to the Institute.
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paragraphs: —The obligations imposed on the Minister by clauses 2 and 3 of the Inventory marked “A” and referred to in clause 10 (c) of the Agreement of 1944 (which said Inventory relates to employees and pensioners at Johnstown Castle) shall on and after the operative date cease to be the obligations of the Minister and become and be the obligations of the Institute, save that the obligation to pay a pension to any employee who retired before the operative date shall continue on and after the operative date to be discharged by the Minister.
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paragraphs: —Subsection (3) of section 14 of the Agriculture (An Foras TalÃºntais) Act, 1958 , shall not apply in respect of the Estate.
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paragraphs: —Such chattels, the property of the State on the Estate, as may be specified by the Minister after consultation with the Institute, shall be delivered to and become the property of the Institute, on such date as may be agreed upon by the Minister and the Institute.
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paragraphs: —Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895, shall not operate so as to require the Institute to deliver to the Revenue Commissioners a copy of this Act or to pay any stamp duty under that section on a copy of this Act.
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paragraphs: —The enactments specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column (3) of the said Schedule.
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paragraphs: —The expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Act, 1959.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed for that purpose by order of the Minister.