Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002
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Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1992. |
16.—Section 23 of the Act of 1992 is amended— | |
(a) by substituting the following for subsections (1) and (2): | ||
“(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a reference in the Housing Acts, 1996 to 2002, to a housing authority means, in the case of— | ||
(a) a county, the county council, | ||
(b) a city, the city council, | ||
(c) a borough mentioned in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects— | ||
(i) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(ii) section 8 of the Act of 1988, | ||
(iii) sections 2 to 4 and sections 6 and 7 of this Act, and | ||
(iv) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, | ||
the borough council and, as respects each of those sections, the county council in whose administrative area the borough is situate, | ||
(d) a town mentioned in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects— | ||
(i) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(ii) sections 8 and 16 of the Act of 1988, | ||
(iii) sections 2 to 4 and sections 6, 7 and 11 of this Act, and | ||
(iv) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, | ||
the town council and, as respects each of those sections, the county council in whose administrative area the town is situate, | ||
(e) a town mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects— | ||
(i) sections 34 to 36 and section 41 of the Principal Act, | ||
(ii) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(iii) sections 2 and 6, sections 8 to 10 and sections 13 and 16 of the Act of 1988, | ||
(iv) sections 2 to 7, sections 10 to 12, and sections 14, 17, 18, 20, 34 and 35 of this Act, and | ||
(v) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, | ||
the town council and, as respects each of those sections, the county council in whose administrative area the town is situate, | ||
and references to the functional area of a housing authority shall be construed accordingly. | ||
(2) A reference in the Housing Acts, 1966 to 2002, to a housing authority means, in the case of— | ||
(a) the boroughs of Drogheda, Sligo and Wexford, except as respects— | ||
(i) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(ii) section 8 of the Act of 1988, and | ||
(iii) sections 6 and 7 of this Act, | ||
the respective borough councils and, as respects each of those sections, the respective county councils in whose administrative areas those boroughs are situate, | ||
(b) the town of Bray, except as respects— | ||
(i) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(ii) section 8 of the Act of 1988, | ||
(iii) sections 2 to 4 and sections 6 and 7 of this Act, and | ||
(iv) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002, | ||
the town council and, as respects each of those sections, the county council in whose administrative area that town is situate, | ||
(c) the towns of Athlone and Dundalk, except as respects— | ||
(i) section 6 of the Act of 1979, | ||
(ii) section 8 of the Act of 1988, and | ||
(iii) sections 6 and 7 of this Act, | ||
the respective town councils and, as respects each of those sections, the respective county councils in whose administrative areas those towns are situate, | ||
and references to the functional area of those housing authorities shall be construed accordingly.”, | ||
and | ||
(b) by inserting the following after subsection (4): | ||
“(5) In this section ‘Act of 2001’ means the Local Government Act, 2001 .”. |