Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939
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Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act. |
2.—Sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and the said section shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | |
(a) the reference to the 1st day of April, 1935, contained in each of the paragraphs (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) and (h) of the the said sub-section (1) shall be construed as a reference to the 1st day of April, 1940; | ||
(b) by the insertion in paragraph (i) of the said sub-section (1) of the following two new sub-paragraphs in lieu of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) now contained in the said paragraph (i), that is to say:— | ||
“(i) the erection of the house shall have been commenced on or after the 12th day of May, 1932, and shall have been completed before the 1st day of April, 1942; and | ||
(ii) the floor area of the house as measured in the prescribed manner shall not be less than 500 square feet nor more than 800 square feet; and”; | ||
(c) by the insertion in the said sub-section (1) of the following new paragraph in lieu of paragraph (j) now contained therein, that is to say:— | ||
“(j) to any local authority in respect of any house acquired before the 1st day of April, 1940, by such local authority under section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , as amended by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 (No. 50 of 1931), for the purpose of being sold or leased to a philanthropic society or body of persons approved of by the Minister, a grant not exceeding sixty per centum of the expenses incurred by such local authority in respect of the acquisition of such house, and to either such local authority or such society or body of persons a grant not exceeding sixty per centum of the expenses incurred by such local authority, society, or body respectively in altering, enlarging, improving or repairing such house before the 1st day of April, 1940, but subject to the limitation that the total of such grants in respect of any one house shall not exceed a sum equivalent to seventy-five pounds for each separate tenement provided in such house;”; | ||
(d) by the insertion at the end of the said sub-section (1) of the following new paragraph in lieu of paragraph (k) (which was inserted in the said sub-section (1) by paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1936 (No. 27 of 1936),) that is to say:— | ||
“(k) to any person or public utility society erecting one or more houses to which this sub-section applies in an urban area a grant not exceeding forty-five pounds, if— | ||
(i) the erection of such house shall have been commenced on or after the 1st day of July, 1936, but before the 30th day of September, 1938, and shall have been completed on or after the 1st day of April, 1937, but before the 1st day of April, 1939; and | ||
(ii) the floor area of such house as measured in the prescribed manner shall be not less than 500 square feet nor more than 800 square feet.”. |