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The following matters are also dealt with :— 1. Approved manners of payment. 2. Lodgments to blocked account. 3. Import and export of Securities. 4. Presentation of documents to registrars. 5. Applications for exchange control permission. All further information is set out in Notice 1C No. 77, which together with this leaflet can be obtained on application to the Secretary, Depart ment of Finance, Merrion Street, Dublin. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1955. THE Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1955, came into force on ist September, 1955, and introduced some modifications to the existing law on the subject. By Section 3, a workman entitled to a weekly payment by way of compensation under the Acts of 1897, 1900 and 1906, shall also be entitled to a supplementary allowance equal to four-fifths of the weekly payment; this supple mentary allowance shall be deemed to be part of the weekly payment. By Section 4 the weekly payment provided for by the third schedule of the Act of 1934 is raised from 5o/- to 9o/— per week. By Section 5, the rules for computation of com pensation in fatal cases previously regulated by the Second Schedule of the Act of 1934 as amended by Section 8 of the Act of 1953, are to be calculated now with the revised figures set out in the First Schedule to this Act. It is to be noted that the dependants' lump sum has now been raised to £1,800 and that in other respects the Second Schedule of the Act of 1934 is henceforth to be read in con junction with the figures set out in the First Schedule of the Act of 195 5. By Section 6, the age limit for juvenile dependency is raised from fifteen years to sixteen years. Section 7, amends Section 23 of the 1934 Act which used to provide that where the incapacity of the workman lasted less than four weeks, the first three days of such incapacity would be excluded from the period of the weekly payment; this period of four weeks has now been reduced to two weeks. By Section 8, if a weekly payment in a case of total incapacity has been continued for not less than two years, the Circuit Court on the application of the workman made at any time after he has attained the age of 21 years, if it is satisfied that the workman will remain totally incapacitated, may by order provide for the payment by the employer, by way of redemption as from the date of the application of his liability to make the weekly payment, of a lump sum of such amount as may be 62

distribution. Papers unavailable for early circulation may be secured in Oslo. INTERNATIONAL BAR NEWS. A new issue of the International Ear News, giving complete information concerning the Oslo Con ference will be published early in 1956. Copies of this publication will be available upon request at the office of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, or from the Host Organization, or from Head quarters of the I.B.A., 501 Fifth Avenue, New- York 17. MOTOR INSURERS' BUREAU OF IRELAND. THE text of an agreement dated 30th November, 1955, between the Ministry of Local Government and The Motor Insurer's Bureau of Ireland, pro viding for a scheme of compensation for victims of uninsured motorists, together with some notes on its scope and purpose was recently published (see July, 1955, GAZETTE, page 23), and can be obtained from the Government Publications Office —price 6d, or j^d. including postage. LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. MR. HENRY MURRAY, Solicitor, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, has been appointed solicitor to the Dublin Port and Docks Board. Mr. James F. Kenny, Solicitor, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, has been appointed County Registrar for County Waterford. EXCHANGE CONTROL ACT, 1954. Note for the guidance of solicitors. THE Department of Finance has issued a note for the guidance of solicitors in connection with dealings under Exchange Control in British and Irish Securities. It will be recalled in this connection that Solicitors as well as Bankers and Stockbrokers are " Approved Agents " in Ireland and " Authorised Depositaries " in Britain. The conditions under which these dealings can be effected are fully set out in the leaflet. These conditions refer in par ticular to the following matters :— 1. Subscriptions to new issues. 2. Sales and transfers. 3. Purchases and acceptances of transfers.