Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.ie) Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile Reachtaíocht Achtanna an Oireachtais Ionstraimí Reachtúla Reachtaíocht Réamh-1922 Bunreacht Acmhainní Seachtracha Billí (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris Oifigiúil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An Coimisiún um Athchóiriú an Dlí) Liosta Rangaithe Reachtaíochta Aistriúcháin (achtanna.ie) Aistriúcháin (Tithe an Oireachtais) Foilseacháin Rialtais ar Díol Dlí AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(s) or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1939 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 3 of 1939. HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. The Principal Act. 2. Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act. 3. Remission of rates. 4. Repeals. 5. Short title and collective citation. SCHEDULE. ENACTMENTS REPEALED. Acts Referred to Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932 No. 19 of 1932 Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 No. 50 of 1931 Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1936 No. 27 of 1936 Housing and Labourers Act, 1937 No. 42 of 1937 Number 3 of 1939. HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939. AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HOUSING (FINANCIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACTS, 1932 TO 1937. [15th March, 1939.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— The Principal Act. 1.—In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932 (No. 19 of 1932). Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act. 2.—Sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and the said section shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— (a) the reference to the 1st day of April, 1935, contained in each of the paragraphs (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) and (h) of the the said sub-section (1) shall be construed as a reference to the 1st day of April, 1940; (b) by the insertion in paragraph (i) of the said sub-section (1) of the following two new sub-paragraphs in lieu of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) now contained in the said paragraph (i), that is to say:— “(i) the erection of the house shall have been commenced on or after the 12th day of May, 1932, and shall have been completed before the 1st day of April, 1942; and (ii) the floor area of the house as measured in the prescribed manner shall not be less than 500 square feet nor more than 800 square feet; and”; (c) by the insertion in the said sub-section (1) of the following new paragraph in lieu of paragraph (j) now contained therein, that is to say:— “(j) to any local authority in respect of any house acquired before the 1st day of April, 1940, by such local authority under section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , as amended by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 (No. 50 of 1931), for the purpose of being sold or leased to a philanthropic society or body of persons approved of by the Minister, a grant not exceeding sixty per centum of the expenses incurred by such local authority in respect of the acquisition of such house, and to either such local authority or such society or body of persons a grant not exceeding sixty per centum of the expenses incurred by such local authority, society, or body respectively in altering, enlarging, improving or repairing such house before the 1st day of April, 1940, but subject to the limitation that the total of such grants in respect of any one house shall not exceed a sum equivalent to seventy-five pounds for each separate tenement provided in such house;”; (d) by the insertion at the end of the said sub-section (1) of the following new paragraph in lieu of paragraph (k) (which was inserted in the said sub-section (1) by paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1936 (No. 27 of 1936),) that is to say:— “(k) to any person or public utility society erecting one or more houses to which this sub-section applies in an urban area a grant not exceeding forty-five pounds, if— (i) the erection of such house shall have been commenced on or after the 1st day of July, 1936, but before the 30th day of September, 1938, and shall have been completed on or after the 1st day of April, 1937, but before the 1st day of April, 1939; and (ii) the floor area of such house as measured in the prescribed manner shall be not less than 500 square feet nor more than 800 square feet.”. Remission of rates. 3.—(1) A local authority having power to levy rates shall, in every of the first seven local financial years after the valuation for rating purposes of a house, in respect of which a grant shall have been made by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health to a person or a public utility society (within the meaning of the Principal Act) under paragraph (k) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act (which said paragraph (k) is inserted in the said sub-section (1) by paragraph (d) of the immediately preceding section of this Act), remit two-thirds of the rates leviable by the local authority in respect of that house in any such year. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 3rd day of July, 1936. Repeals. 4.—The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the said Schedule. Short title and collective citation. 5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939. (2) The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1937, and this Act may be cited together as the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1939. SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. No. and Year Short Title Extent of Repeal No. 19 of 1932. Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932 . Sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (i) of sub-section (1) of section 5 ; paragraph (j) of sub-section (I) of section 5 . No. 27 of 1936. Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1936 . The whole Act so far as unrepealed. No. 42 of 1937. Housing and Labourers Act, 1937 . Paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section 3 . 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