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Housing (Amendment) Act, 1950

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Number 25 of 1950.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section

1.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Regulations.

4.

Expenses.

5.

Repeals.

PART II.

Financial Provisions.

6.

Grants for house purchase.

7.

Grant by housing authority for house purchase or erection.

8.

Grants for reconstruction.

9.

Power to make second grant.

10.

Disqualification of certain houses for grants.

11.

Payment of grant to successor of deceased applicant.

12.

Amendment of section 5 (3) of Act of 1932.

13.

Conditions as to rates of wages and conditions of labour.

14.

Amendment of First Schedule to Act of 1932.

15.

Amendment and extension of section 44 of Act of 1948.

16.

Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 1948.

PART III.

Housing Generally.

17.

Provision of houses for persons not of working classes.

18.

Provision of houses reserved for persons of particular class.

PART IV.

Control of Certain Premises.

19.

Continuance of section 8 of Act of 1948.

20.

Amendment of section 11 of Act of 1948.

21.

Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1948.

PART V.

Housing of the Working Classes.

22.

Transfer of labourers' cottages, etc., to urban authority on change of boundaries.

23.

Extension of Part I of Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890, to rural areas.

PART VI.

Labourers' Cottages.

24.

Provision of labourers' cottages for letting to persons of working classes.

25.

Application of Labourers' Act, 1936, where cottage comes within urban area.

26.

Utilisation of land acquired under Labourers Acts.

27.

Provision of shops and other amenities in connection with rural housing.

28.

Amendment of section 6 of Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883.

29.

Power of Minister to prescribe forms, etc., and dispense with notices.

30.

Amendment of section 43 of Act of 1948.

31.

Continuance of Labourers Acts.

PART VII.

Acquisition of Small Dwellings.

32.

Definition of market value.

33.

Estimation of market value.

34.

Minimum contribution by applicant for loan.

35.

Relinquishment of powers by urban district council.

36.

Advances to joint proprietors.

37.

Regulations for purposes of Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 to 1950.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Repeals.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Grants to be made by the Minister.

Acts Referred to

Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932

No. 19 of 1932

Housing and Labourers Act, 1937

No. 42 of 1937

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1948

No. 1 of 1948

Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947

No. 33 of 1947

Finance Act, 1949

No. 13 of 1949

Neutrality (War Damage to Property) Act, 1941

No. 24 of 1941

Labourers Act, 1936

No. 24 of 1936

Labourers Act, 1936

No. 24 of 1936

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

No. 50 of 1931

The Housing (Amendment) Act, 1946

No. 2 of 1946.

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Number 25 of 1950.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950.

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 1949, THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACTS, 1890 TO 1948, THE LABOURERS ACTS, 1883 TO 1948, AND THE SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899 TO 1948, AND TO MAKE PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [1st August, 1950.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—