18 1958

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Number 18 of 1958.


TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1958.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Amendment of section 20 of the Turf Development Act, 1946.

2.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

Act Referred to

Turf Development Act, 1946

No. 10 of 1946

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Number 18 of 1958.


TURF DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1958.


AN ACT TO ENABLE BORD NA MÓNA TO ESTABLISH AND ENDOW, EITHER SOLELY OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY PERSON, CHAIRS AND LECTURESHIPS IN ANY UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE IN THE STATE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH CALCULATED TO IMPROVE OR EXTEND THE PRODUCTION OR USE OF TURF AND TURF PRODUCTS AND THE BY-PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND TO FOSTER EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO SUCH PRODUCTION OR USE. [16th July, 1958.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Amendment of section 20 of the Turf Development Act, 1946.

1. Section 20 of the Turf Development Act, 1946 (No. 10 of 1946) (which relates to certain general powers of the Board) is hereby amended by the addition of the following paragraph to subsection (1):

“(g) establish and endow, either solely or in co-operation with any person, chairs and lectureships in any university or college in the State to conduct research calculated to improve or extend the production or use of turf and turf products and the by-products thereof, and to foster education and knowledge relating to such production or use.”

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Turf Development Act, 1958.

(2) The Turf Development Acts, 1946 to 1957, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Turf Development Acts, 1946 to 1958.