In short
This law clarifies that joint burial boards have, and have always had, the power to compulsorily acquire land for burial grounds.
What it regulates
- The definition of a "joint burial board."
- The power of joint burial boards to acquire land.
- The compulsory acquisition of land for new or expanded burial grounds.
Who it concerns
- Joint burial boards.
- Sanitary authorities acting as burial boards.
Key points
- A "joint burial board" is the governing body of a united district formed under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, with the powers and duties of a burial board under that Act.
- Joint burial boards possess, and have always possessed, the power to acquire land compulsorily.
- This power is for the purpose of providing new burial grounds or adding to existing ones.
- Enactments allowing sanitary authorities to acquire land compulsorily for these purposes also apply to joint burial boards.
đ Legal text
Local Government (Sanitary Services) (Joint Burial Boards) Act, 1952
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Number 22 of 1952.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SANITARY SERVICES) (JOINT BURIAL BOARDS) ACT, 1952.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Definition of joint burial board.
2.
Compulsory acquisition of land by a joint burial board.
3.
Short title, construction and collective citation.
Number 22 of 1952.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SANITARY SERVICES) (JOINT BURIAL BOARDS) ACT, 1952.
AN ACT TO REMOVE DOUBTS AS TO THE POWER OF JOINT BURIAL BOARDS TO ACQUIRE LAND COMPULSORILY. [10th December, 1952.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:â
Definition of joint burial board.
1.âIn this Act the expression âjoint burial boardâ means the governing body of a united district formed under the provisions of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 which possesses the powers and is subject to the duties conferred and imposed on a burial board by the said Act.
Compulsory acquisition of land by a joint burial board.
2.âIn order to remove doubts it is hereby declared that the powers of a joint burial board include and have always included the powers of a sanitary authority acting as burial board for a sanitary district to acquire land compulsorily for the purposes of providing a new burial ground or making additions to a burial ground, and that every enactment which enables or for the time being enabled a sanitary authority so acting to acquire land compulsorily for such purposes is and has been applicable to a joint burial board and that such powers are and were exercisable accordingly.
Short title, construction and collective citation.
3.â(1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Sanitary Services) (Joint Burial Boards) Act, 1952.
(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1948.
(3) The Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1948 and this Act may be cited together as the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1952.
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