No. 293/1947:

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1947.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1947.

I, TOMÁS Ó DEIRG, Minister for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (4) of section 6 of the Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947 (No. 1 of 1947), hereby make the following Rules :—

1. These Rules may be cited as the Vocational Education Committees (Allowances to Members) Rules, 1947.

2. In these Rules the word " allowance " means an allowance under paragraph (a) of the subsection.

3. The amount of the allowance to be paid by a county committee to a member of the committee, or of an approved sub-committee, shall be—

(a) four shillings and sixpence, in the case of a continuous period of not less than three hours but less than seven hours ;

(b) seven shillings, in the case of a continuous period of not less than seven hours.

4. A person shall not be paid more than one allowance in respect of any one period, notwithstanding that, being a member of a county committee and of an approved sub-committee, he attends meetings of both bodies during that period.

5. A county committee shall not pay an allowance to any person unless that person has previously furnished to the committee a claim in writing stating—

(a) the date and place of the meeting or meetings attended by him,

(b) the precise hours at which he left his residence to attend the meeting or meetings and at which he returned to his residence.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of August, 1947.

T. Ó DEIRG,

Minister for Education.