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Amendment of section 16 of and the Second Schedule to the Act of 1948.
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8.—(1) Section 16 of the Act of 1948 is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (3) of the following subsections:
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“(3A) Where a grant is made to a person reconstructing a house under this section by the Minister and the reconstruction commenced on or after the 30th day of June, 1958, the housing authority may make to that person a grant of an amount not exceeding the amount of the grant made by the Minister.
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(3B) A grant shall not be made under section 9, 10 or 11 of the Act of 1952 in respect of a house in respect of which a grant is made under subsection (3A) of this section.
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(3C) For the purposes of subsection (3A) of this section a housing authority shall have the like powers of borrowing as are conferred on such authority for the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts or the Labourers Acts.”
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(2) The Second Schedule to the Act of 1948 is hereby amended by the substitution of—
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(a) “100” for “80” in the second and third columns respectively,
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(b) “120” for “100” (inserted by subsection (1) of section 19 of the Act of 1952) in the said columns, and
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(c) “140” for “120” (inserted by the said subsection) in the said columns.
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(3) In the case of a grant under section 16 of the Act of 1948 to a person or public utility society erecting a house in an area where, at the date of the application for the grant, no public piped water supply or public sewerage scheme has been provided or is being provided, the Second Schedule to the Act of 1948 shall have effect as if each sum specified in the third column thereof were increased by twenty-five pounds.
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(4) (a) Subsection (2) of this section shall have effect only in respect of grants under section 16 of the Act of 1948 to persons reconstructing houses if the reconstruction commenced on or after the 30th day of June, 1958.
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(b) Subsection (3) of this section shall have effect only in respect of grants to persons or public utility societies erecting houses if the erection commenced on or after the 30th day of June, 1958.
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