Housing Act, 1969
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Act of 1963” means the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 ; | ||
“the Act of 1966” means the Housing Act, 1966 ; | ||
“development” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Act of 1963; | ||
“habitable house” means a house situate in the functional area of a housing authority other than a house in relation to which a housing authority have made a closing order, a demolition order or accepted an undertaking under section 66 (5) of the Act of 1966, or in relation to which a notice under section 3 (1) of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1964 , has been given; | ||
“house” means a building or part of a building which is— | ||
(a) used as a dwelling, or | ||
(b) not used as a dwelling but which, when last used, was used as a dwelling; | ||
“housing authority” means, in the case of a town having commissioners under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 , the council of the county in which the town is situate; | ||
“planning authority” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1963; | ||
“site” includes, in relation to a house, any outoffice, yard or garden (whether used as such or not) and any other land which on the date of an application under section 3 is appurtenant to the house to which the application relates and in case any such outoffices, yard or garden ceases to exist, includes the land on which the outoffice was built, or which comprised such yard or garden. | ||
(2) In this Act, a reference to a section is to a section of this Act and a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment or provision, as may be appropriate, is intended. |