Housing (Amendment) Act, 1942

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1942 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 1942 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1942 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1942 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 15 of 1942. HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1942. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. The Principal Act. 2. Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act. 3. Appropriation of certain houses for accommodation of persons leaving homes injured in certain ways, etc. 4. Validation of certain grants. 5. Short title and collective citation. Acts Referred to Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932 No. 19 of 1932 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939 No. 3 of 1939 Housing (Amendment) Act, 1941 No. 18 of 1941 Neutrality (War Damage to Property) Act, 1941 No. 24 of 1941 Labourers Act, 1936 No. 24 of 1936 Number 15 of 1942. HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1942. AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HOUSING (FINANCIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACTS, 1932 TO 1941, TO VALIDATE CERTAIN GRANTS THEREUNDER, AND TO ENABLE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO APPROPRIATE CERTAIN HOUSES FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF PERSONS WHOSE HOMES SUFFER INJURIES TO WHICH THE NEUTRALITY (WAR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY) ACT, 1941 , APPLIES. [8th July, 1942.] 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.—(1) 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 said sub-section (1) shall be construed as a reference to the 1st day of April, 1943; (b) each of the references to the 1st day of April, 1940, contained in paragraph (j) of the said sub-section (1) (being the paragraph inserted by paragraph (c) of section 2 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1939 (No. 3 of 1939)) shall be construed as a reference to the 1st day of April, 1943. (2) Sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1941 (No. 18 of 1941), is hereby repealed. (3) This section shall have and be deemed to have had effect as on and from the 1st day of April, 1942. Appropriation of certain houses for accommodation of persons leaving homes injured in certain ways, etc. 3.—(1) A local authority may appropriate any house provided by them under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1931, or the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1941, and for the time being in their possession for the accommodation of any person who leaves his home on account of injuries thereto caused in any of the ways mentioned in sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Neutrality (War Damage to Property) Act, 1941 (No. 24 of 1941). (2) Where the application of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Principal Act in relation to a house provided by a local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1931, and appropriated in pursuance of this section is governed by sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of the said sub-section (1), the reference in the said sub-paragraph (ii) to thirty-three and one-third per centum of the annual loan charges shall be construed as a reference to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of those charges. (3) Sub-section (5) of section 6 of the Principal Act and the regulations for the time being in force for the purposes of that sub-section shall not apply in relation to a house appropriated in pursuance of this section. (4) Where a house provided under the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1941, is appropriated in pursuance of this section, the following provisions shall have effect so long as such appropriation continues, that is to say:— (a) neither section 29 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, nor any regulations made under that section shall apply in relation to the house, (b) the house shall not be capable of being purchased under the Labourers Act, 1936 (No. 24 of 1936). (5) This section shall have and be deemed to have had effect as on and from the 26th day of August, 1940. Validation of certain grants. 4.—(1) Where— (a) a grant purporting to be under paragraph (d), (g), or (h), as the case may be, of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act was made before the passing of this Act, and (b) such grant would have been a proper grant if it were provided by paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Labourers Act, 1919, that a person carrying on a shop should be regarded for the purposes of that paragraph as working at a trade, such grant shall be and be deemed always to have been a proper grant. (2) Where— (a) a grant purporting to be under paragraph (d), (g), or (h), as the case may be, of sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act was allocated, but not made, before the passing of this Act, and (b) such grant could properly be made if it were provided by paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Labourers Act, 1919, that a person carrying on a shop should be regarded for the purposes of that paragraph as working at a trade, it shall be lawful to make such grant as if it were provided as aforesaid by the said paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Labourers Act, 1919. Short title and collective citation. 5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1942. (2) The Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1941, and this Act may be cited as the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1942. 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