In short
This law amends and extends previous Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts from 1929 and 1934, primarily by adjusting the financial limits for grants and loans related to housing in the Gaeltacht areas. It also repeals the Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1939.
What it regulates
- The total amount of money available for housing grants and loans.
- The maximum amounts for individual grants for building, improving, or extending dwelling-houses.
- The maximum amounts for individual loans for building, improving, or extending dwelling-houses.
- The cessation of grants for poultry houses and piggeries.
Who it concerns
- Individuals receiving grants and loans for housing in the Gaeltacht.
- The administration of housing grants and loans under the Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts.
Key points
- The total amount of grants and loans shall not exceed nine hundred thousand pounds.
- Individual building grants for erections commenced on or after 1st November, 1947, can be up to £300, depending on the number of rooms and availability of sewerage and piped water supply.
- Individual improving grants for improvements commenced on or after 1st November, 1947, shall not exceed eighty pounds.
- Loans for new dwelling-houses shall not exceed one hundred pounds, and loans for improvement or extension shall not exceed forty pounds.
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Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1949
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Number 4 of 1949.
HOUSING (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Increase of aggregate amount of grants and loans.
3.
Limitations on the amounts of grants.
4.
Limitations on the amounts of loans.
5.
Cessation of grants for poultry houses and piggeries.
6.
Repeals.
7.
Short title and collective citation.
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
Acts Referred to
Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929
No. 41 of 1929
Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1934
No. 29 of 1934
Number 4 of 1949.
HOUSING (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949.
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE
HOUSING (GAELTACHT) ACT, 1929
, AND THE
HOUSING (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1934
, AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO REPEAL THE HOUSING (GAELTACHT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1939. [9th March, 1949.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Interpretation.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Act of 1929” means the
Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929
(No. 41 of 1929);
references to grants and loans are to grants and loans under the Act of 1929.
(2) The Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts, 1929 and 1934, and this Act shall be construed as one.
Increase of aggregate amount of grants and loans.
2.—The aggregate amount of grants and loans shall not exceed nine hundred thousand pounds.
Limitations on the amounts of grants.
3.—(1) The amount of an individual grant towards any erection, improvement or extension commenced on or after the 1st day of November, 1947, shall not exceed—
(a) in the case of a building grant—the appropriate sum specified in the
First Schedule
to this Act,
(b) in the case of an improving grant—eighty pounds.
(2) The amount of an individual grant towards the erection of a dwelling-house commenced on or after the 1st day of November, 1945, but not occupied on or before the 1st day of November, 1947, shall not exceed the appropriate sum specified in the
Second Schedule
to this Act.
(3) Where—
(a) an application for an individual grant towards the improvement or extension of a dwelling-house was made before the 1st day of November, 1947, and
(b) the improvement or extension was commenced but not completed before that date,
the amount of the grant shall not exceed sixty pounds.
(4) The limitations imposed by subsection (2) of section 11 of the Act of 1929 and subsection (1) of
section 3
of the
Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1934
(No. 29 of 1934), on the amounts of grants shall not apply in any case to which this section applies.
Limitations on the amounts of loans.
4.—A loan towards the erection of a new dwelling-house shall not exceed one hundred pounds and a loan towards the improvement or extension of a dwelling-house shall not exceed forty pounds.
Cessation of grants for poultry-houses and piggeries.
5.—After the passing of this Act, no further grants shall be sanctioned under section 4 or section 5 of the Act of 1929.
Repeals.
6.—The enactments mentioned in the second column of the
Third Schedule
to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Short title and collective citation.
7.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1949.
(2) The Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts, 1929 and 1934, and this Act may be cited together as the Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts, 1929 to 1949.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Grants in Respect of Dwelling-houses the Erection of which Commenced on or after 1st November, 1947.
Section 3
(1).
Person to whom grant may be made
Where sewerage and piped water supply are not available
Where sewerage and piped water supply are available
Number of rooms in house
Number of rooms in house
3
4
5 or more
3
4
5 or more
Person erecting house for own occupation
£
£
£
£
£
£
150
200
250
200
250
300
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Grants in Respect of Dwelling-houses the Erection of which Commenced on or after 1st November, 1945, but which were not Occupied on or before 1st November, 1947.
Section 3
(2).
Person to whom grant may be made
Where sewerage and piped water supply are not available
Where sewerage and piped water supply are available
Number of rooms in house
Number of rooms in house
3
4
5 or more
3
4
5 or more
Person erecting house for own occupation
£
£
£
£
£
£
150
140
175
140
175
210
THIRD SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Section 6.
Number and Year
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
No. 41 of 1929.
Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929
.
Subsections (2) and (3) of
section 7
.
No. 29 of 1934.
Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1934
.
Subsection (2) of
section 3
.
No. 34 of 1939.
Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1939
.
The whole Act.
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