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S.I. No. 228/1959 -- Land Bond Order, 1959.

S.I. No. 228/1959 -- Land Bond Order, 1959. 1959 228

S.I. No. 228/1959:

LAND BOND ORDER, 1959.

LAND BOND ORDER, 1959.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Land Bond Act, 1934 (No. 11 of 1934), section 4 of the Land Act, 1936 (No. 41 of 1936), and sections 4 and 8 of the Land Act, 1953 (No. 18 of 1953), hereby order as follows :

Short title and citation.

1.--(1) This Order may be cited as the Land Bond Order, 1959.

(2) This Order and the Land Bond Orders, 1934 to 1958, may be cited together as the Land Bond Orders, 1934 to 1959.

Interpretation.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

Creation of series of land bonds.

3. A series of land bonds is hereby created of the total amount of seven hundred thousand pounds to be known as five and one-half per cent. land bonds.

Denominations.

4. The denominations in which the series of land bonds created by this Order shall be issued shall be one pound, ten pounds, and one hundred pounds, and no other denominations.

Consolidation.

5. The series of land bonds created by this Order is hereby consolidated with the series of land bonds created by the Land Bond Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 276 of 1958 ), to the intent that the two series shall form one consolidated series of land bonds created under the Land Bond Act, 1934 , amounting to the sum of thirteen hundred and fifty thousand pounds and paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of that Order shall apply to the consolidated series accordingly.

Restriction in relation to certain amounts.

6. The said consolidated series of land bonds shall be for the purpose of making advances and paying purchase moneys the amount of which are agreed or fixed or deemed to be fixed in the period commencing the 1st day of January, 1959, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1960, except in relation to advances and purchase moneys required to be made or paid by means of an issue of land bonds bearing the same rate of interest as land bonds previously issued.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of December, 1959.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The main purpose of this Order is to fix the rate of interest (5½%) on bonds payable for lands acquired by the Land Commission, where the purchase prices are agreed or fixed or deemed to be fixed between 1 January and 31 December 1960.

The new series of bonds is consolidated with that operative for 1959.



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