s not paid out of the Church property shall be paid
out of moneys carried to the customs and excise account under this Act,
and if those moneys are insufficient, out of the Consolidated Fund of
Ireland, and if not so paid, shall be paid out of moneys provided by
Parliament.
Provided as follows:--
(_a._) All charges on the Church property for which a guarantee has
been given by the Treasury before the passing of this Act shall, so
far as they are not paid out of such property, be paid out of the
moneys carried to the Customs and Excise account under this Act,
and if such moneys are insufficient, the Consolidated Fund of
Ireland, without prejudice nevertheless to the guarantee of the
Treasury;
(_b._) All charges on the Church property, for which no guarantee
has been given by the Treasury before the passing of this Act shall
be charged on the Consolidated Fund of Ireland, but shall not be
guaranteed by the Treasury nor charged on the Consolidated Fund of
the United Kingdom.
(2.) Subject to any existing charges on the Church property, such
property shall belong to the Irish Government and any portion of the
annual revenue thereof which the Treasury, on the application of the
Irish Government, certify at the end of any financial year not to be
required for meeting charges, shall be paid over and applied as part of
the public revenues under the control of the Irish Government.
(3.) As soon as all charges on the Church property guaranteed by the
Treasury have been paid, such property may be managed and administered,
and subject to existing charges thereon disposed of, and the income or
proceeds thereof applied, in such manner as the Irish Legislature may
from time to time direct.
[Sidenote: 32 & 33 Vict. c. 42, 44 & 45 Vict. c. 71.]
(4.) "Church property" in this section means all property accruing under
the Irish Church Act, 1869, and transferred to the Irish Land Commission
by the Irish Church Act Amendment Act, 1881.
[Sidenote: Public loans.]
17.--(1.) All sums due for principal or interest to the Public Works
Loan Commissioners or to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland in
respect of existing loans advanced on any security in Ireland shall on
and after the appointed day be due to the Government of Ireland instead
of the said Commissioners, and such body of persons as the Government of
Ireland may appoint for the purpose shall have all
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