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Number 1 of 1948.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title, construction and collective citation.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Regulations.
4.	Expenses.
5.	Repeals.
6.	Offences, prosecutions and punishments.

PART II.

Control of Certain Premises.

7.	Grant of permission by housing authority to demolish habitable houses.
8.	Prohibition of demolition of certain habitable houses.
9.	Non-application of section 7 or 8 of this Act in certain cases.
10.	Application of section 11 or 12 of this Act.
11.	Prohibition of use of certain premises as multiple dwellings.
12.	Grant by housing authority of permission for purposes of section 11 of this Act.
13.	Exclusion of furnished lettings.
14.	Requiring information from tenants and persons applying for tenancies.
15.	Bye-laws respecting certain houses.

PART III.

Financial Provisions.

16.	Grants by Minister to persons and public utility societies.
17.	Grants by Minister to persons and public utility societies in certain cases.
18.	Increase of grants under section 5 (1) (h) of Act of 1932.
19.	Grants by housing authorities to persons.
20.	Grants by Minister and housing authorities to public utility societies.
21.	Grants by Minister and housing authorities to public utility societies in certain cases.
22.	Amendment of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Act of 1932.
23.	Amendment of section 6 of the Act of 1932.
24.	Amendment of section 14 of the Act of 1932.
25.	Amendment of section 5 of the Act of 1937.
26.	Limit of grants under this Act, the Act of 1932 and the Act of 1937.
27.	Grant in respect of house reserved for occupation by persons of a particular class.
28.	Payment of certain grants where house ceases to be situate in a rural area.

PART IV

Housing of the Working Classes.

29.	Regulations applicable to houses provided under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
30.	Provision of reserved houses by certain housing authorities.
31.	Amendment of Article 24 of the Second Schedule to the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
32.	Remuneration of solicitors for business arising under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts.

PART V

Labourers' Cottages.

33.	Extension of definition of “agricultural labourer”.
34.	Purchase scheme under the Labourers Act, 1936, not to be made in certain case.
35.	Regulations applicable to cottages provided under the Labourers Acts.
36.	Power of entry on lands proposes to be acquired.
37.	Borrowing.

PART VI.

Acquisition of Small Dwellings.

38.	Value of houses in respect of which advances may be made under Act of 1899.
39.	Amendment of Section 9 (4) of Act of 1899.
40.	Rate of interest on advances under the Act of 1899.

PART VII.

Miscellaneous.

41.	Exemption of housing authorities from the provisions of section 201 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, in certain cases.
42.	Amendment of Third Schedule to Act of 1932.
43.	Validity and date of operation of certain compulsory purchase orders.
44.	Relief from rates.
45.	Rates of wages, conditions of labour and enforcement of undertakings.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by the Minister.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by the Minister in certain cases.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by Housing Authorities.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by the Minister and Housing Authorities.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by the Minister and by Housing Authorities in certain cases.

Acts Referred to
Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932	No. 19 of 1932
Housing and Labourers Act, 1937	No. 42 of 1937
Public Assistance Act, 1939	No. 27 of 1939
Housing (Amendment) Act, 1946	No. 2 of 1946
Labourers Act, 1936	No. 24 of 1936
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931	No. 50 of 1931
Labourers Act, 1930	No. 25 of 1930

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Number 1 of 1948.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1948.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO HOUSING, TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HOUSING (FINANCIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACTS, 1932 TO 1946, THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACTS, 1890 TO 1931, THE LABOURERS ACTS, 1883 TO 1941 AND THE SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899 TO 1931, TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [13th January, 1948.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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