Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936
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Interpretation of Section 238 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878. |
9.—It is hereby declared that, notwithstanding any judicial interpretation to the contrary, the expression “the net annual value of the premises assessable within the district” where it occurs in paragraph (2) of section 238 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 , means and always has meant the aggregate of the valuations under the Valuation Acts of all premises situate within the district which are for the time being assessable to rates levied by the sanitary authority and that, the said expression does not and never did refer to the portion or proportion of the said valuations on which such rates are assessed or to any other portion or proportion of the said valuations less than the full amount thereof, and it is hereby enacted that, notwithstanding as aforesaid, the said paragraph (2) shall be construed and have effect and be deemed always to have had effect in accordance with the foregoing declarations. |