No. 159/1947:

APPEAL TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1947.

APPEAL TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1947.

LAND ACT, 1933 , SECTION 7 (7).

IRISH LAND COMMISSION.

Rules under Section 7 of the Land Act, 1933 .

I, SEÁN MOYLAN, Minister for Lands, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section 7 of the Land Act, 1933 , and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf with the concurrence of the majority of the Committee constituted pursuant to the provisions of the said section, do hereby make the annexed Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules.

Dated this 8th day of May, 1947.

SEÁN MOYLAN,

Minister for Lands.

We hereby concur in the making of the annexed Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules, this 8th day of May, 1947.

1. These Rules may be cited as the Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules, 1947.

2. In these Rules the expression " The Principal Rules " means the Appeal Tribunal Rules (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 26 of 1934) as amended by the Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules, 1944 (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 113 of 1944).

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 , (No. 38 of 1937) applies to the interpretation of these Rules in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

4. All existing Rules and Orders made under the Land Purchase Acts, save in so far as they are amended by or are inconsistent with these Rules, shall remain in force as if these Rules had not been made.

5. The Principal Rules are hereby amended by the insertion therein immediately after Rule 12 of the following Rule ::—

" 12A. In all proceedings for resumption of holdings under these Rules, the Fees specified in the Appendix hereto as payable to the Solicitor of the tenant, with an addition thereto of an amount equal to 25 per centum of such fees, and the fees specified in the said Appendix for Counsel and Professional Valuers, with an addition of a sum of £1 1s. 0d. to each such Fee, shall, as between party and party, be the lawful Fees and emoluments for the discharge on and after the 23rd day of May, 1947, of the duties therein specified, and in the absence of agreement to the contrary shall be taxed accordingly by a Taxing Master of the High Court : provided that this Rule shall not apply in respect of duties discharge prior to the said 23rd day of May, 1947, or in respect of duties the particulars of the fees for which have been prior to such date furnished to the client or person chargeable therewith, or have been taxed or certified."