21st November 1918

1 Alteration of rates of pay in certain ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police.
(1) The pay of county inspectors and district inspectors of the Royal Irish Constabulary shall be according to the rates specified in Part. of the First Schedule to this Act instead of the respective rates fixed in pursuance of section two of the Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1882, or specified in Part I. of the First Schedule to the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1916 (in this Act referred to as “the Act of 1916”).
(2) The pay of constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary shall be according to the rates specified in Part II. of the First Schedule to this Act instead of the rates specified in Part II. of the First Schedule to the Act of 1916.
(3) The pay of constables of the Dublin Metropolitan Police shall be according to the rates specified in the Second Schedule to this Act instead of the rates specified in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1916.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act any enactment relative to the pay of county inspectors, district inspectors or constables shall apply to pay at the rates authorised by this Act in like manner as it applies to pay at the rates actually in force at the passing of this Act.
(5) The schedule to the Constabulary (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1882 (so far as unrepealed), section one of the Act of 1916 and the First and Second Schedules to that Act are hereby repealed.

2 Extension of power to grant pensions to widows of constables.
(1) Where a man to whom this section applies, that is to say:—
(a) a constable who was serving in either of the said police forces on the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen ;
(b) a constable of either of the said police forces who, having been called out as a reservist, or having entered or re-entered, enlisted or re-enlisted in any of His Majesty’s naval, military, or air forces for the purposes of the present war, was on the said first day of September serving in any such force ;
(c) a constable who, having joined either of the said police forces after the said first day of September, has completed five years’ service,
dies, or has, on or after the said first day of September, died whilst serving in the police force or in any of His Majesty’s naval, military, or air forces for the purposes of the present war, or whilst in receipt of a pension from the police authority, or in consequence of any disease or injury on account of which he retired fromthe police force, the police authority shall garnt to his widow (being a woman whom he married before he retired from the police force and in accordance with the regulations of the force) a pension not exceeding twenty-six pounds a year, or if the constable’s annual pay in the police force was more than two-hundred and sixty pounds, not exceeding one tenth of the amount of such pay yearly:
Provided that if the widow is in receipt of a pension payable out of naval, military, or air force funds in pursuance of any Royal Warrant or Order in Council, then—
(i) if the pension payable out of such funds amounts to or exceeds the amount prescribed by this section, no pension shall be payable under this section ;
(ii) if the pension payable out of such funds is less than the amount prescribed by this section, the pension payable under this section shall be equal to the difference.
(2) Where a pension is granted under this Act to the widow of a constable to whom a gratuity has been granted on retirement from the police force, the pension shall be payable as from such date after the death of the constable as the police authority may determine.

3 Further provisions as to pensions to widows of constables.
(1) Paragraph (9) of the Second Schedule to the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1883, in its application to a pension payable under section four of that Act to the widow of the constable who has died on or after the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen, or dies after the passing of this Act, shall have effect as if “ twenty-six pounds ” were substituted for “ten pounds.”.
(2) Where the widow is one to whom a pension or gratuity may be granted under section four of the Constabulary and Police Act 1883, she shall not be entitled to a pension or gratuity under that section unless she accepts the same in lieu of a pension under this Act.
(3) A pension payable to a widow of a constable under this Act or under section four of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1883, shall, if at any time she remarries, be suspended, but in the event of her again becoming a widow shall be restored on proof to the satisfaction of the police authority that her circumstances are such that the pension is necessary for her support, and that if she is of good character and deserving of bounty from public funds, and accordingly in paragraph (12) of the Schedule to the said Act the words “ remains a widow, and ” shall be repealed, and that paragraph as so amended shall apply to pensions payable under this Act.

4 Allowances to widows of county inspectors or district inspectors.
(1) In paragraph (2) of the Third Schedule to the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1914 (in this Act referred to as “the Act of 1914”), fifty pounds shall be substituted for thirty pounds as the maximum allowance that may be granted to the widow of a county inspector of district inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary under section two of that Act.
(2) Where a county inspector or district inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary without his own default loses his life from the effect of an injury received in the execution of his duty, the allowance granted to his widow under section two of the Act of 1914 may be in excess of the maximum amount fixed for such allowance in the Third Schedule to that Act as amended by this Act, so that the excess be not in any case greater than one half of that maximum amount.

5 Alteration of enactments relating to pensions and allowances and gratuities.
(1) In calculating the amount of the weekly allowance that may be granted under section one of the Irish Police (Naval and Military Service) Act, 1915, in respect of a married member of the Royal Irish Constabulary or Dublin Metropolitan Police who, being a reservist, has been called out, or, not being a reservist has joined His Majesty’s Naval or Military Forces for the purposes of the present war, the weekly amount which that member was receiving from police funds at the time of his being so called out or joining shall, as from the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen, be computed as if the rates of pay authorised by this Act had been in force at that time, and as if any war bonus granted to the police force had then been payable, and the amount of any such weekly allowance may be altered so as to give effect to this provision.
(2) In the application of subsection (2) of section three of the Act of 1914 to any pension, allowance or gratuity granted after the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen, any reference to any schedule to the Act of 1914 shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding schedule to this Act, and any reference to the commencement of that Act shall be construed as a reference to the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen, but nothing in that subsection as so applied shall affect the operation of section two of the Police (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1915.
(3) Section four of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1908, which authorises pensions to be granted in certain circumstances to constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary, shall, with the substitution of the Chief Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police for the Inspector-General, apply as respects constables of the last-mentioned force in like manner as it applies as respects constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

6 Reckoning of service in naval, military, and air forces.
The consent of the police authority, referred to in subsection (3) of section one of the lrish Police (Naval and Military Service) Act, 1915, may, in the case of any man who has entered, re-entered, enlisted, or re-enlisted in any of His Majesty’s naval, military, or air forces, be given after the time when he so entered, re-entered, enlisted, or re-enlisted, and when given after that time shall, for the purposes of the enactments regulating pensions and gratuities, have the same effect as if leave had been given before that time.

7 Amendment of 37 & 38 Vict. c. 80. s. 5
(1) The rates of charge for district inspectors and head constables under section five of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1874, shall be fixed and determined on an average of the entire force of district inspectors and head constables in the like manner and according to the like principles as the rates of charge for other ranks under that section as amended by any subsequent enactment, and so much of the said section as fixes the rates of charge for district inspectors and head constables shall cease to have effect.
(2) In fixing and determining the rates of charge for any rank under the said section as so amended, regard shall be had to all items of expenditure in connection with that rank.

8 Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
The expression “police authority” means in the acse of the Royal Irish Constabulary the Inspector-General, and in the case of the Dublin Metropolitan Police the Chief Commissioner; and
The expression “constable” includes any head constable major, head constable, sergeant, acting sergeant and constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and any member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police not being of higher rank than chief superintendent.

9 Short tile and commencement.
This Act may be cited as the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1918 . . .
s. 1(1)

FIRST SCHEDULE RATES OF PAY OF COUNTY INSPECTORS, DISTRICT INSPECTORS AND CONSTABLES OF THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.

PART I. COUNTY INSPECTORS

£400 a year on appointment increasing by £20 a year to £500. In the case of any county inspector appointed to that rank before the 1st day of September 1918, his yearly salary as from that date shall be calculated as if this schedule had been in operation at the time of his appointment.

DISTRICT INSPECTORS
Class.     Length of Service of Class.  Yearly Pay.
                                        £
1st class  6 years and upwards          340
           3 to 6 years                 315
           Under 3 years                290
2nd class  5 years and upwards          240
           Under 5 years                215
3rd class                               190

PART IISection 1(2). CONSTABLES.
Rank.                  Length of Service in Rank.  Weekly Pay.
                                                   s.
Head Constable, Major                              61
Head Constable         4 years and upwards         60
                       Under 4 years               56
Sergeant               4 years and upwards         51
                       Under 4 years               49
Acting Sergeant                                    47
Constable              20 years and upwards        45
                       15 to 20 years              43
                       11 to 15 years              42
                       7 to 11 years               41
                       5 to 7 years                39
                       2 to 5 years                38
                       6 months to 2 years         36
                       Under 6 months              31

s. 1(3)

SECOND SCHEDULE RATES OF PAY OF CONSTABLES OF THE DUBLIN METROPOLITAN POLICE.
Rank.                 Yearly Pay.
Chief Superintendent  £335 on appointment, increasing by £20 a year to £455 and then by one yearly increment of £5 to £460.
Superintendent        £285 on appointment, increasing by £14 a year to £355.
Inspector             £160 on appointment, increasing by £8 a year to £200.

Rank.                    Length of Service in Rank.  Weekly Pay.
                                                     s.
Station Sergeant                                     58
Sergeant                 6 years and upwards         55
                         3 to 6 years                54
                         Under 3 years               52
Constable                20 years and upwards        48
15 to 50 years           47
                         8 to 15 years               46
                         3 to 8 years                44
                         1 to 3 years                41
                         Under 1 year                39
Supernumerary Constable                              32

SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1 The foregoing rates shall extend to inspectors, sergeants of less than six years’ service in rank, and constables in the Detective Division. As respects other members of that division the following special rates shall apply:—
Rank.                                                Pay.
Superintendent                                       £335 a year on appointment, increasing by £20 a year to £435.
Chief Inspector                                      £202 a year on appointment, increasing by £8 a year to £242.
Sergeants of six years’ service and upwards in rank  58s. a week
Detective Officer                                    48s. a week.

2 In the case of a chief superintendent, superintendent, chief superintendent or inspector appointed to his rank before the first day of September 1918, his yearly pay in that rank as from that date shall be calculated as if this schedule had been in operation at the time of his appointment.
3 Where a superintendent is appointed to the rank of chief superintendent, his yearly pay on appointment to that rank shall not be less than his yearly pay immediatly before his appointment.


[16th July, 1959]

1 Power to require occupier to prevent spreading of injurious weeds.
(1) Where the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) is satisfied that there are injurious weeds to which this Act applies growing upon any land he may serve upon the occupier of the land a notice in writing requiring him, within the time specified in the notice, to take such action as may be necessary to prevent the weeds from spreading.
(2) This Act applies to the following injurious weeds, that is to say—
  * spear thistle (cirsium vulgare), (Savi) Ten.
  * creeping or field thistle (cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.),
  * curled dock (rumex crispus L.),
  * broad-leaved dock (rumex obtusifolius L.), and
  * ragwort (senecio jacobaea L.);
and to such additional injurious weeds as may be prescribed by the Minister by regulations.

1ACode of practice: ragwort
(1) The Minister may make a code of practice for the purpose of providing guidance on how to prevent the spread of ragwort (senecio jacobaea L.).
(2) Before making the code the Minister must consult such persons as he considers appropriate.
(3) The Minister must lay a copy of the code before Parliament.
(4) The Minister may revise the code; and subsections (2) and (3) apply to the revised code.
(5) The code is to be admissible in evidence.
(6) If the code appears to a court to be relevant to any question arising in proceedings it is to be taken into account in determining that question.

2 Penalty for failure to comply with requirement.
(1) Where a notice has been served under section one of this Act on the occupier of any land and that person unreasonably fails to comply with the requirements of the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) If a failure in respect of which a person is convicted under the preceding subsection is not remedied within fourteen days after the conviction he shall be guilty of a further offence under that subsection and may be punished accordingly.
(3) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) of this section shall not be instituted except by the Minister.

3 Default powers of Minister.
(1) Where a notice has been served under section one of this Act on the occupier of any land and the occupier has not taken the action required by the notice within the time specified therein, the Minister may take that action and recover a sum equal to the reasonable cost of so doing from the occupier or, if it is not practicable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain his name or address and he is not the owner of the land, from the owner.
(2) Where the Minister is entitled to recover a sum under the preceding subsection from the owner of land (whether or not he is also the occupier) and is unable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain the name or address of the owner he may apply to the High Court or, if the said sum does not exceed the amount by which the jurisdiction of the county court is limited by section forty-one of the County Courts Act, 1934, or any enactment re-enacting that section, to the county court, for an order imposing on the land a charge for securing the payment of that sum.
(3) A charge imposed under the last preceding subsection shall be a local land charge . . . ; and the Minister shall, for the purpose of enforcing the charge, have the same powers and remedies under the Law of Property Act, 1925, and otherwise as he would have if he were a mortgagee by deed having powers of sale and lease, of accepting surrenders of leases, and of appointing a receiver.
(4) Where, by reason of the default of the occupier, the owner of any land has been required to pay any sum to the Minister under subsection (1) of this section or has, by reason of a charge imposed on the land under subsection (2) thereof, otherwise suffered loss he shall be entitled to recover the amount of his loss from the occupier.

4 Powers of entry.
(1) Any person authorised by the Minister in that behalf may, for the purpose of carrying this Act into effect, on the production, if so required, of his authority, enter on and inspect any land, so however that the occupier shall, in all such cases, be served with a notice of the date on which the inspection is to take place.
(2) If any person prevents or obstructs the entry for the purpose of this Act upon any land of any person authorised thereunder, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

5 Exercise of Minister’s powers by local authority.
The Minister may authorise the council of any county , county boroughor metropolitan district . . . to exercise on his behalf any of the powers (other than the power to make regulations) conferred on him by this Act; and where a council is so authorised subsection (1) of section four of this Act shall have effect in relation to land in the county , county boroughor metropolitan district . . . in question as if the reference therein to a person authorised by the Minister included a reference to a person authorised by the council.

6 Service of notices.
(1) Any notice required or authorised by this Act to be served on any person shall be duly served if it is delivered to him, or left at his proper address, or sent to him by post in a registered letter.
(2) Any such notice required or authorised to be served on an incorporated company or body shall be duly served if served on the secretary or clerk of the company or body.
(3) For the purposes of this section and of section twenty-six of the Interpretation Act, 1889, the proper address of any person on whom any such notice is to be served shall, in the case of the secretary or clerk of any incorporated company or body, be that of the registered or principal office of the company or body, and in any other case be the last known address of the person in question.
(4) Where any such notice is to be served on a person as being the person having any interest in land, and it is not practicable after reasonable enquiry to ascertain his name or address, the notice may be served by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it), and delivering the notice to some responsible person on the land or by affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land.
(5) Where any such notice is to be served on a tenant a copy thereof shall be served on the landlord.
(6) Where any such notice is to be served on any person as being the owner of land and the land is vested in the incumbent of a benefice of the Church of England, a copy thereof shall be served on the Diocesan Board of Finance for the diocese in which the land is situated.

7 Regulations under s. 1.
(1) Regulations under section one of this Act may make different provisions in different cases specified in the regulations.
(2) The power to make regulations conferred by the said section one shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, and any such instrument shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

8 Expenses.
Any expenses incurred by the Minister under this Act up to an amount approved by the Treasury shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

9 Application to Scotland.
In the application of this Act to Scotland—
(a) for references to the Minister there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State; and
(b) subsection (3) of section two, subsections (2) and (3) of section three, section five, subsection (6) of section six, and subsection (1) of section seven shall be omitted.

10 Repeal and savings.
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(2) Any document referring to an enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring to the corresponding enactment of this Act.
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11 Short title, interpretation and extent.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Weeds Act, 1959.
(2) In this Act—
  * “occupier” means in the case of any public road the authority by whom the road is being maintainedthe roads authority (“public road” and “roads authority” having the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984) and in the case of unoccupied land the person entitled to the occupation thereof; and
  * “owner” includes a person entitled for a term of years certain or other limited estate :
  * Provided that this Act does not apply as regards a road for which the roads authority is the Secretary of State.
(3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

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