Unemployment (Relief Works) Act, 1940

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Number 34 of 1940.


UNEMPLOYMENT (RELIEF WORKS) ACT, 1940.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Certification of work by the Minister.

3.

Power of Minister to compel execution of work.

4.

Transfer of powers in relation to roads.

5.

Contribution by a local authority to the cost of a certified work.

6.

Borrowing.

7.

Formation of united districts.

8.

Acquisition of land for certified work.

9.

Preliminary order for the acquisition of land.

10.

Application to annul preliminary order.

11.

Vesting orders.

12.

Form and effect of vesting orders.

13.

Registration of title to land the subject of vesting order.

14.

Compensation.

15.

Payment of interest on compensation.

16.

Payment for betterment.

17.

Disposal of surplus land.

18.

Description in certificate or order of work of public utility.

19.

Modification of certain sections of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

20.

Giving of copies of orders.

21.

Regulations.

22.

Expenses of the Minister.

23.

Short title.


Acts Referred to

Emergency Powers Act, 1939

No. 28 of 1939

Local Government Act, 1925

No. 5 of 1925

Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925

No. 22 of 1925

Town and Regional Planning Act, 1934

No. 22 of 1934

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Number 34 of 1940.


UNEMPLOYMENT (RELIEF WORKS) ACT, 1940.


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE EXECUTION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF WORKS OF PUBLIC UTILITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO OR CONNECTED THEREWITH. [18th December, 1940.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—