Agricultural Produce (Cereals) Act, 1933

Subsidies on wheat milled at inland mills.

40.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay during such period as the Minister may by order under this sub-section appoint subsidies on all wheat (subject to the limitations (if any) imposed under the next following sub-section) milled at an inland mill, which is the subject of a milling licence and of a subsidy (rate) order for the time being in force, at the rate fixed in respect of such mill by such order or by such order as amended by a variation order

(2) The Minister may revoke or amend an order under the immediately preceding sub-section.

(3) Whenever a subsidy (rate) order is made in relation to an inland mill, the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, may from time to time by order under this sub-section declare that where in a cereal year the wheat milled at such mill exceeds in amount the amount (in this sub-section referred to as the maximum) fixed by such order, no subsidy shall be paid on any wheat milled at such mill in any cereal year which is in excess of the maximum, and whenever any such order in relation to an inland mill is in force and there is milled at such mill in any cereal year wheat in excess of the maximum fixed by such order, no subsidy shall be paid on any wheat milled at such mill in such cereal year in excess of the maximum fixed by such order in relation to such mill.

(4) The Minister for Finance may, after consultation with the Minister, revoke or amend an order under the immediately preceding sub-section.

(5) Every subsidy paid under this Part of this Act in respect of any wheat milled at an inland mill shall be paid to the person who was the holder of the milling licence in respect of such mill at the time such wheat was milled or the personal representative or (in the case of a body corporate) the liquidator of such person and in any case shall be paid at such time, calculated in such manner, and on such quantities of wheat as shall be prescribed.

(6) All claims for payment of a subsidy under this Part of this Act shall be made to and determined by the Minister and the decision of the Minister on any such claim shall be final and conclusive, but may be revoked or amended at any time by the Minister on the ground of fraud, misrepresentation or mistake.

(7) No subsidy shall be paid on any wheat milled by the Minister under Part VIII of this Act.

(8) Every order under sub-section (1) of this section shall be laid before Dáil Eireann as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling such order is passed by Dáil Eireann within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which Dáil Eireann has sat after such order is so laid before it, such order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such order.