S.I. No. 203/1975:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AN BORD GRÁIN) REGULATIONS, 1975.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AN BORD GRÁIN) REGULATIONS, 1975.

I, MARK CLINTON, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (An Bord Gráin) Regulations, 1975.

2. (1) An Bord Gráin is hereby dissolved.

(2) The Grain Fund is hereby wound up.

(3) This Regulation shall come into operation upon the 1st day of September, 1975.

3. (1) All monies in the Grain Fund shall be paid into the Exchequer before the 1st day of September, 1975.

(2) Any liabilities of An Bord Gráin may, on or after the 1st day of September, 1975, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, be discharged by the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

4. (1) The Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendments) Act, 1958 (No. 24 of 1958), and the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1969 (No. 1 of 1969), are hereby repealed.

(2) The orders made under the said Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1958 , and the scheme made under the said Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Act, 1969 , are hereby revoked.

(3) This Regulation shall come into operation upon the 1st day of September, 1975.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of August, 1975.

MARK CLINTON,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Regulations provide

(i) for the dissolution of An Bord Gráin;

(ii) for the transfer of the assets of the Board to the Exchequer;

(iii) for the repeal of the Agricultural Produce (Cereals) (Amendment) Acts 1958 and 1969 and the Orders and Scheme made thereunder.