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LABOURERS COTTAGES AND ALLOTMENTS (IRELAND) ACT 1882
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CHAPTER LX.
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An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, relating to Labourers’ Cottages and Allotments. [18th August 1882.]
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[Preamble recites 44 & 45 Vict. c. 49.]
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Labourers’ Cottages and Allotments (Ireland) Act, 1882.
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Interpretation of terms.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 49.
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2. In this Act the expression “the principal Act” means the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, and the several words and expressions to which meanings are assigned by that Act shall have the same respective meanings in this Act unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto.
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Power to Land Commission where agreement and declaration as to fair rent of holding is filed, to make an order as to the accommodation of the labourers employed on the holding.
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3. Where under section eight of the principal Act the landlord and tenant of any holding have agreed and declared, or shall agree and declare, by writing under their hands, what is the fair rent of the holding, and such agreement and declaration has been or shall be field in court, the Land Commission may at any time within six months from the passing of this Act, or within twelve months from the date of the filing of such declaration and agreement, whichever shall last happen, order the tenant of such holding for the accommodation of the labourers employed thereon to improve any existing cottage or cottages, or build any new cottage or cottages, or assign to any such cottage an allotment not exceeding half an acre, and may by such order fix the terms as to rent and otherwise on which such accommodation is to be provided, and any such order may be made on the application of the landlord, or of the tenant of the holding, or of any labourer bonâ fide employed and required for the cultivation thereof.
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Penalty for non-compliance with order.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 93.
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4. Where an order shall be made under this Act, or has been made or is made under section nineteen of the principal Act, for providing accommodation for the labourers employed on any holding, and such order has not been complied with within six months from the date of such order, or six months from the passing of this Act, whichever shall last happen, the person failing to comply with such order shall be liable thenceforth to a penalty of one pound for every week during which such order is not complied with, and such penalty shall be recoverable in a summary manner before two or more justices in petty sessions in manner provided by the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, upon the complaint of any labourer employed on the holding, and in whose favour such order has been or shall have been made, and the justices shall award such penalty to the guardians of the poor of the union within which the holding is situate to be applied in aid of the poor rate of such union.
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Power to Land Commission to relieve from penalties.
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5. Any person who has incurred any penalty under the provisions of this Act may apply to the Land Commission for relief from the same, and the Land Commission may relieve him from the whole or part of such penalty on such terms as to compliance with the order and as to costs or otherwise as the Land Commission thinks fit, and such relief may be granted notwithstanding that an order has been made at petty session for the payment of the penalty.
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Construction of Act.
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6. This Act and the principal Act shall be read together and construed as one Act.
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