Neutrality (War Damage To Property) Act, 1941

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Number 24 of 1941.


NEUTRALITY (WAR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY) ACT, 1941.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Injuries to which this Act applies.

3.

Persons entitled to compensation under this Act.

4.

Applications to the Minister for compensation under this Act.

5.

Duty of the Minister in respect of applications to him.

6.

Applications to the Circuit Court for compensation under this Act.

7.

The order of the Court on applications to it.

8.

Compensation for injury to property other than a building.

9.

Compensation for injury to a building.

10.

Prohibition of compensation for consequential loss.

11.

Duty of the Court in respect of insurance.

12.

Recovery of chattels in respect of which compensation has been awarded.

13.

Payment of compensation, costs, and expenses.

14.

Payment of certain debts.

15.

Disposal of compensation recovered from an external government or authority.

16.

Contribution by local authorities to compensation under this Act.

17.

Power of local authority to inspect and repair injured buildings.

18.

Recoupment of money expended by a local authority.

19.

Expenditure by a Minister, etc., in repair of an injured building.

20.

Acquisition of land comprising injured building by district planning authority.

21.

Time limit for payment of compensation awarded under this Act.

22.

Prohibition of action in respect of injury to which this Act applies.

23.

Exclusion of injuries to which this Act applies from the provisions of the Criminal Injuries Acts.

24.

Regulations.

25.

Short title.


SCHEDULE.


Acts Referred to

Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936

No. 40 of 1936

Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923

No. 15 of 1923

Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925

No. 22 of 1925

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Number 24 of 1941.


NEUTRALITY (WAR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY) ACT, 1941.


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION OUT OF PUBLIC MONEYS TO PERSONS WHO, ON OR AFTER THE 26th DAY OF AUGUST, 1940, SUFFER INJURY TO THEIR PROPERTY IN THE STATE OR THE TERRITORIAL WATERS THEREOF AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AN ACT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF AN EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT OR AUTHORITY ENGAGED IN A WAR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE STATE IS NEUTRAL OR AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AN ACCIDENTAL OCCURRENCE ARISING FROM SOMETHING DONE OUTSIDE THE STATE BY ANY SUCH ARMED FORCE, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR MATTERS CONNECTED WITH SUCH INJURIES TO PROPERTY OR THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION THEREFOR, [23rd September, 1941.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—