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Derelict Sites Act, 1990

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Number 14 of 1990

DERELICT SITES ACT, 1990

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Definition of derelict site.

4.

Regulations.

5.

Repeal.

6.

Service of notices, etc.

7.

Expenses.

PART II

Measures to Prevent and Control Derelict Sites

8.

Register of derelict sites.

9.

General duty of owner and occupier of land.

10.

Duty of local authority.

11.

Power of local authority to require measures to be taken in relation to derelict sites.

12.

Power of Minister to give a direction.

13.

Disposal of sites held by statutory bodies.

14.

Power to acquire derelict site.

15.

Notice of intention to acquire derelict site compulsorily.

16.

Objection to compulsory acquisition of derelict site.

17.

Vesting order.

18.

Form and effect of vesting order and registration of title acquired thereby.

19.

Compensation.

20.

Use of derelict site acquired under this Act or other enactment.

PART III

Levy on Derelict Sites

21.

Prescribed area.

22.

Market value of urban land.

23.

Levy on urban land.

24.

Derelict sites levy to be a charge on land.

25.

Bonds.

26.

Hardship.

PART IV

Prosecutions

27.

Prosecutions.

28.

Offences.

PART V

Miscellaneous

29.

Obligation to give information to local authority.

30.

Power of authorised person to enter on land.

31.

Application of proceeds from land disposal.

32.

Power of court to authorise measures.

33.

Saving for national or historic monuments.

Acts Referred to

Acquisition of Derelict Sites Act, 1940

1940, No. 29

Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919

9 and 10 Geo. 5, c. 57

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1986

Derelict Sites Act, 1961

1961, No. 3

Harbours Act, 1946

1946, No. 9

Health Act, 1970

1970, No. 1

Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890

53 and 54 Vic. c. 70

Interpretation Act, 1937

1937, No. 38

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845

8 and 9 Vic. c. 18

Local Government Act, 1941

1941, No. 23

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963

1963, No. 28

Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1983

National Monuments Acts, 1930 to 1987

Registration of Title Act, 1964

1964, No. 16

Valuation Act, 1988

1988, No. 2

Vocational Education Act, 1930

1930, No. 29

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Number 14 of 1990

DERELICT SITES ACT, 1990

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO LAND TO PREVENT IT BEING OR BECOMING A DERELICT SITE, TO ENABLE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO REQUIRE THE TAKING OF MEASURES ON DERELICT SITES BY THE OWNERS OR OCCUPIERS AND, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ACQUIRE DERELICT SITES COMPULSORILY, TO ESTABLISH REGISTERS OF DERELICT SITES, TO ENABLE THE MINISTER TO GIVE DIRECTIONS IN RELATION TO DERELICT SITES, TO PROVIDE FOR A DERELICT SITES LEVY AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE AFORESAID AND TO REPEAL THE DERELICT SITES ACT, 1961 . [27th June, 1990]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: