PART VII.

Bounties on Exported Butter and Milk Products.

33. —(1) There shall be paid by the Minister the following bounties, that is to say:—

(a) to every person who exports butter on or after the 1st day of April, 1935, a bounty at the appropriate rate on the butter so exported;

(b) to every person who exports any milk product which was manufactured on or after the 1st day of April, 1935, and is exported by the manufacturer thereof or by the registered proprietor of creamery premises, a bounty at the appropriate rate on the milk product so exported;

(c) to every person who exports an article of food in respect of which it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister that such article was manufactured in Saorstát Eireann on or after the 1st day of April, 1935, and that butter manufactured in Saorstát Eireann or a milk product similarly manufactured was used in the manufacture of such article, and that such article was exported by the manufacturer thereof, a bounty at the rate which was, at the time of the manufacture of such article, the appropriate rate on the quantity and class of butter or milk product so used in the manufacture of such article.

(2) In this section the expression “the appropriate rate” means the rate of bounty for the time being in force on the substance in respect of which the said expression is used.

34. —(1) The Minister may from time to time by order make regulations prescribing the rates of bounty under this Part of this Act on creamery butter, non-creamery butter, and milk products respectively, and may at any time revoke or amend any such order.

(2) The Minister may by regulations made under this section do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) prescribe different rates of bounty on different substances and on different classes (defined in such manner as the Minister shall think proper) of the same substance;

(b) prescribe different methods of calculating the bounty in respect of different substances or classes of substance;

(c) prescribe the date on which any particular rate of bounty shall come into force.

(3) All bounties payable under this Part of this Act on any substance before regulations made under this Part of this Act fixing the rate or rates of bounty on such substance have come into force shall be payable at the rate specified in the First Schedule to this Act in respect of such substance.

35. —(1) The Minister may at any time by order declare that no bounty shall be payable under this Part of this Act on any specified substance or substances or on any specified class (defined in such manner as the Minister shall think proper) of any particular substance exported from Saorstát Eireann after a specified date, and may at any time revoke such order either wholly or in respect of one or more substances or classes of substance.

(2) Whenever an order under this section declaring that no bounty shall be payable on a particular substance or class of substance has been made, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no bounty shall be payable under this Part of this Act on any of the said substance or class of substance (as the case may be) exported from Saorstát Eireann after the date specified in that behalf in such order and while such order remains in force in respect of such substance or class of substance.

36. —(1) Every person who claims to be entitled to be paid a bounty under this Part of this Act may apply to the Minister in the prescribed form and manner for payment of such bounty.

(2) Every application under this section for payment of a bounty shall contain or be accompanied by the prescribed particulars and the prescribed documents of or relating to the claim for such bounty.