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30 1936

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CEREALS) ACT, 1936

PART V.

Purchase and Sale of Home-Grown Oats and Barley by the State.

Purchase and sale of oats and barley by the Minister for Agriculture.

34. —The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, carry on the business of purchasing and selling home-grown oats or barley or both, and for that purpose may do all such things as he may consider necessary for the carrying on of such business as a commercial undertaking.

Price to be paid by Minister for home-grown oats and barley.

35. —Whenever the Minister in exercise of the powers conferred on him by this Part of this Act purchases any home-grown oats of a class specified in an order made by the Minister under section 55 of the Amending Act of 1934, as amended by sub-section (1) of section 19 of the Amending Act of 1935, and for the time being in force, or purchases any home-grown barley of a class specified in an order made by the Minister under section 56 of the Amending Act of 1934, as amended by sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Amending Act of 1935, and for the time being in force, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) he shall not purchase such oats at a price less than the price fixed by such first-mentioned order for oats of that class;

(b) he shall not purchase such barley at a price less than the price fixed by such second-mentioned order for barley of that class.

Financial provisions under Part V.

36. —All moneys (other than moneys provided by the Oireachtas) received by the Minister in respect of any business carried on by him under this Part of this Act shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.

Reports by Minister under Part V.

37. —The Minister shall, as soon as may be after the end of every financial year during which he has carried on any business under this Part of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Eireann a report of his proceedings under this Part of this Act during such financial year.