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Uimhir 4 de 1928.
ACHT RIALTAIS ÁITIÚLA (RÁTAÍ AR THITHE COMH-NAITHE BEAGA), 1928.
[7adh Meitheamh, 1928.]
Mínithe.
1.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an focal “údarás rátúcháin” comhairle chontae, chontae-bhuirge no bhuirge eile, no bhailecheanntair;
cialluíonn an focal “tigh comhnaithe beag” ionoighreachta no tionóntachán atá fé luacháil ar leithligh fé sna hAchtanna Luachála agus nách mó ná sé puint a luacháil fé sna hAchtanna san agus 'na bhfuil an t-iomlán no aon chuid de oiriúnach ina dhéanmhacht chun é d'úsáid mar thigh chomhnaithe, agus fós foluíonn sé aon ionoighreachta no tionóntachán eile is tigh comhnaithe beag chun crícheanna an Achta so de thurus na huaire de bhua aon fhorála eile den Acht so;
cialluíonn an focal “únaer,” fé mar is gá sa chás, an té go mbeidh aige á fháil de thurus na huaire (pe'ca dho féin é no mar ghníomhaire no mar iontaobhaí do dhuine eile), ar son an tighe chomhaithe bhig 'na n-úsáidtear an focal ina thaobh, cíos is cóionann le luacháil no is mó ná luacháil an tighe chomhnaithe sin fé sna hAchtanna Luachála, no an té go mbeadh cíos ba chó-ionann leis an luacháil sin, no ba mhó ná san, aige á fháil amhlaidh de thurus na huaire ar son an tighe chomhnaithe sin dá mbeadh an tigh comhnaithe sin curtha ar a leithéid sin de chíos,
(2) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo tuigfar gurb é is luacháil d'ionoighreachta no do thionóntachán is foirgint nua do réir bhrí alt 69 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1925 (Uimh. 5 de 1925) agus do réir bhrí alt 11 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1927 (Uimh. 3 de 1927) ná an luacháil a bheidh air sara laigheadófar an luacháil sin fé sna hailt sin, agus chun crícheanna an ailt seo tuigfar gurb é is luacháil d'ionoighreachta no do thionóntachán 'nar féidir a luacháil do laigheadú fé alt 12 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1927, ná an luacháil a bheidh air sara laigheadófar an luacháil sin fén alt san 12.
(3) Gach tigh no bothóg gur dineadh no go ndéanfar é do thógáil no do sholáthar fé sna Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1919, no fé sna Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, beidh sé ina thigh chomhnaithe bheag chun crícheanna an Achta so faid a bheidh sé dá chuid féin ag údarás 'na mbeidh comhacht aige tithe do thógáil no do sholáthar fé sna hAchtanna san no fé aon cheann acu.
(4) I gcás tighe chomhnaithe bhig a bheidh, le linn ráta le n-a mbaineann an tAcht so do bheith á ghearra, ina ghabháltas no ina chuid de ghabháltas le n-a mbaineann an tAcht Talmhan, 1923, isé an té is sealbhaire ar an dtigh chomhnaithe bheag an uair sin a bheidh mar únaer air chun crícheanna an Achta so maidir leis an ráta san.
Leathnú ar mhíniú an fhocail, tigh comhnaithe beag.
2.—(1) Más oiriúnach leis é féadfidh an tAire, le hordú, ar iarratas comhairle contae-bhuirge no buirge eile, teora luachála tithe comhnaithe beaga fén Acht so do leathnú o shé puint go dtí pé suim thairis sin is oiriúnach leis agus nách mó ná dhá phunt déag agus más oiriúnach leis é féadfa sé, le hordú, ar iarratas na comhairle sin, an t-ordú san do cheiliúra aon uair.
(2) Faid a bheidh ordú fén alt so i bhfeidhm maidir le contaebhuirg no le buirg eile ciallóidh an focal “tigh comhnaithe beag” san Acht so, maidir leis an mbuirg sin, ionoighreachta no tionóntachán atá fé luacháil ar leithligh fé sna hAchtanna Luachála agus nách mó a luacháil fé sna hAchtanna san ná an tsuim do socruíodh chuige sin leis an ordú san agus 'na bhfuil an t-iomlán no aon chuid de á úsáid go hachthúil, no oiriúnach chun é d'úsáid, mar thigh comhnaithe.
(3) Gach ordú a déanfar fén alt so foillseofar é láithreach i dhá bpáipeur nuachta a léightear sa chontae-bhuirg no sa bhuirg eile le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú san no i dhá dtabhairt-amach fé leith d'aon pháipeur nuachta amháin a léightear sa bhuirg sin.
Baint an Achta.
3.—Baineann an tAcht so le gach ráta a ghearrfidh údarás rátúcháin agus a gearrfar chun seirbhíse na bliana airgeadais áitiúla dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1930, no chun seirbhíse aon bhliana airgeadais áitiúla ina dhiaidh sin agus (lasmuich de chás ina bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an Acht so no le haon Acht eile maidir le saghsanna áirithe maoine ionrátuithe) a gearrfar ar shealbhaire na maoine rátuithe.
Unaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig do rátú.
4.—(1) Gach ráta le n-a mbaineann an tAcht so agus a gearrfar maidir le tigh comhnaithe beag is ar únaer an tighe chomhnaithe sin a gearrfar é agus, lasmuich de chás in ar bé an t-únaer an sealbhaire, leis, ní gearrfar aon ráta den tsórt san ar shealbhaire an tighe chomhnaithe sin.
(2) Pé uair a gearrfar ráta de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig agus ná beidh ainm an únaera san ar eolas go hiomlán no ná beidh sí ar eolas in aon chor ag an údarás rátúcháin a ghearrfidh an ráta san, féadfar na focail “an t-únaer,” gan aon ainm ná éinní sa mbreis, do chur síos sa ráta san mar thuairisc ar an únaer sin.
(3) Ní bheidh ráta a gearrfar de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig nea-dhleathach de dheascaibh aon earráide ná lochta i luadh ainm an únaera san ná de dheascaibh an tuairisc “an t-únaer,” gan aon ainm ná éinní sa mbreis, d'úsáid, agus beidh gach ráta den tsórt san ionbhainte den únaer sin d'ainneoin na hearráide no an lochta san no úsáid na tuairisce sin.
(4) Pé uair a gearrfar ráta de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig no tithe comhnaithe beaga déanfidh an t-údarás rátúcháin a ghearrfidh an ráta san mion-innste ar an ráta san maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe beag san no mion-innste fé leith ar an ráta san maidir le gach tigh comhnaithe beag fé leith acu (fé mar is gá sa chás) do thabhairt don únaer sin, agus tuigfar na mion-innste sin do bheith tabhartha go cuibhe dho amhlaidh má dintar iad do chur tríd an bpost chun an únaera san no iad d'fhágaint ag an seola a bheidh aige sa leabhar rátaí no, más seola éigcinnte an seola san no mara mbeidh seola an únaera san sa leabhar rátaí, iad do chur tríd an bpost chun an tighe chomhnaithe bhig le n-a mbainid no iad d'fhágaint ansan.
(5) D'ainneoin éinní contrárdha dho san atá in aon Acht eile, beidh gach ráta a gearrfar de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig iníoctha ag an únaer sin agus, mara n-íocaidh seisean é, beidh sé iníoctha ag aon iar-únaer ar an tigh comhnaithe beag san ar a n-éileofar an ráta san agus ní hag éinne eile.
(6) Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an Acht so féadfar gach ráta a gearrfar de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig do bhaint den únaer sin no d'iar-únaer a dhlighfidh é d'íoc agus san tré gach ceann no aon cheann de sna leighseanna (lasmuich de ghabháil earraí duine eile seachas an t-únaer no an t-iar-únaer sin) tré n-a bhféadfí an ráta san do bhaint den té ba shealbhaire no dob iar-shealbhaire fé seach ar an tigh comhnaithe sin dá mba ar an sealbhaire sin a gearrfí an ráta san agus dá mba ná rithfí an tAcht so agus, i gcás ráta nách féidir, nuair a gearrfar é ar shealbhaire, é do bhaint d'iar-shealbhaire, féadfar é do bhaint d'iar-únaer a dhlighfidh é d'íoc agus san tré gach ceann no aon cheann de sna leighseanna (lasmuich den leigheas roimhráite) tré n-ar féidir ráta dealbhais do gearradh ar shealbhaire do bhaint d'iar-shealbhaire.
(7) Ní bheidh sé dleathach d'údarás rátúcháin tosnú ar aon imeachta chun ráta a gearrfar de bhua an ailt seo ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig do bhaint d'iar-únaer tar éis dhá bhliain o ghearra an ráta san.
Faoiseamh do ghníomhairí agus d'iontaobhaithe.
5.—(1) Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt leis an alt so ní bheidh ráta a gearrfar de bhua an Achta so ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig ná beidh teideal aige chun tairbhe an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin ionbhainte den únaer sin.
(2) Pé uair a gearrfar ráta de bhua an Achta so ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig agus ná beidh teideal ag an únaer sin chun tairbhe an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin agus a bheidh an ráta san i riaráiste agus gan íoc ar feadh pé tréimhse is sia de sna tréimhsí seo a leanas, sé sin le rá, ceithre mhí o ghearra an ráta san no ráithe o thabhairt mhion-innste ar an ráta san don únaer sin do réir an Achta so, bainfidh na forálacha so a leanas leis an gcás agus beidh éifeacht acu, sé sin le rá:—
(a) beidh sé dleathach don ráta-bhailitheoir ag á mbeidh an ráta san ionbhailithe fógra do sheirbheáil ar an únaer sin go pearsanta no tríd an bpost á chosc air, faid a bheidh aon chuid den ráta san gan íoc, aon chíosanna no proifití do fuair no do gheobhaidh an t-únear sin (roimh sheirbheáil an fhógra san no dá éis sin) as an tigh comhnaithe beag san no ar a shon d'íoc leis an té go mbeidh teideal aige chun tairbhe an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin;
(b) nuair a bheidh an fógra san seirbheálta dlighfidh an t-únaer sin, chó fada is raghaidh na cíosanna agus na proifití uile a thagann as an tigh comhnaithe beag san agus a fuair sé roimh sheirbheáil an fhógra san agus a bheidh ar láimh aige fós le linn na seirbheála san no a gheobha sé tar éis na seirbheála san, an ráta san d'íoc agus beidh sé ionbhainte dhe dá réir sin tré gach leigheas no aon leigheas dá n-údaruítear leis an Acht so;
(c) an admháil a thabharfidh ráta-bhailitheoir, ag á mbeidh an ráta san ionbhailithe, ar íocaíocht a íocfidh an t-únaer sin ar cuntas an ráta san tar éis seirbheála an fhógra san air, beidh sí, maidir leis an té go mbeidh teideal aige chun tairbhe an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin agus d'ainneoin aon ordú a bheidh tabhartha ag an duine sin, ina glana maith don únaer sin ar airgead do fuair sé chun úsáide an duine sin no ar iontaoibh do chó fada le méid na híocaíochta san;
(d) maran féidir fógra den tsórt san roimhráite do sheirbheáil go saoráideach ar an únaer sin no má bhíonn an t-údarás rátúcháin do ghearr an ráta san den tuairim (pe'ca roimh sheirbheáil an fhógra san é no dá éis sin) ná féadfar no gur dócha ná féadfar suim an ráta san a bheidh i riaráiste amhlaidh no cuid éigin áirithe den tsuim sin do bhaint den únaer sin, beidh sé dleathach don ráta-bhailitheoir ag á mbeidh an ráta san ionbhailithe fógra do sheirbheáil, go pearsanta no tríd an bpost, ar shealbhaire an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin ag luadh an mhéide den ráta san a bheidh gan íoc an uair sin agus á cheangal ar an sealbhaire sin an cíos uile a bheidh dlite an uair sin no a thiocfidh chun bheith dlite ina dhiaidh sin aige don únaer sin d'íoc leis an ráta-bhailitheoir sin no le n-a chomharba oifige go dtí go mbeidh suim sin an ráta san glanta tríd an íoc san no ar aon tslí eile;
(e) déanfidh seirbheáil fógra den tsórt san roimhráite ar an sealbhaire sin an t-aon-cheart d'aistriú chun an ráta-bhailitheora san agus chun a chomharbaí oifige an cíos do bhaint amach agus do ghlaca agus glana air do thabhairt, sé sin, an cíos is gá do réir an fhógra san d'íoc leis an ráta-bhailitheoir sin no le n-a chomharba oifige.
An cíos do mhéadú nuair a rátófar an t-únaer.
6.—(1) Pé uair a déanfar de bhua an Achta so ráta le n-a mbaineann an tAcht so do ghearra ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig, cuirfar le gach gála cíosa, a thiocfidh chun bheith dlite agus iníoctha ag duine is sealbhaire ar an tigh comhnaithe beag san ar son an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin (pe'ca i dteanta no d'éamais áitreibh eile é) i rith an dá mhí dhéag a ceaptar anso ina dhiaidh seo, méadú go mbeidh idir é agus suim an ráta san an cothrom céanna a bheidh idir an tréimhse dá mbeidh an gála san iníoctha agus bliain.
(2) Isé dá mhí dhéag a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo ná an dá mhí dhéag dar tosach pé tráth is déanaí de sna tráthanna so a leanas, sé sin le rá, i gceann mí o ghearra an ráta no i gceann ceithre lá déag ón uair a tabharfar do réir an Achta so d'únaer an tighe chomhnaithe bhig 'na mbeidh an dá mhí dhéag san á áireamh ina thaobh mion-innste ar an ráta san maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe beag san.
(3) Gach cíos a dlightar a mhéadú fén alt so beidh sé, agus é méaduithe amhlaidh, iníoctha agus ionbhainte amach sa tslí chéanna agus tré sna meáin chéanna ina mbeadh agus tré n-a mbeadh an cíos san iníoctha agus ionbhainte amach dá mba ná méadófí amhlaidh é.
(4) Gach connra a déanfar chun gan cíos do mhéadú a dlightar a mhéadú fén alt so, no chun gan íoc an mhéaduithe sin do chur i bhfeidhm, no chun laigheadú no cothromú in aghaidh an mhéaduithe sin no aon choda dhe do lomháil, no chun an té a dhlighfidh an cíos méaduithe sin d'íoc do shlánú in aghaidh an mhéaduithe sin no in aghaidh aon choda dhe, no do oibreodh ar aon tslí eile chun an té do dhlighfadh an cíos méaduithe sin d'íoc do shaora ón méadú san no aon chuid de d'íoc, beidh sé gan brí.
(5) I gcur alt 8 den Acht um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 (Uimh. 19 de 1923) i mbaint le tigh comhnaithe beag beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so a leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ní fholóidh an focal “rátaí” i mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) den alt san 8 ráta a gearrfar de bhua an Achta so ar únaer an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin, agus
(b) an méadú a cuirfar le cíos an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin de thurus na huaire de bhua an ailt seo áireofar agus folófar é san áireamh a déanfar fen alt san 8 ar an méid a fhéadfidh cíos an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin bheith thar an riail-chíos.
Cíos do cheartú i gcásanna áirithe.
7.—(1) Pé uair a bheidh tigh comhnaithe beag, ar an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1929, ar seilbh (i dteanta no d'éamais áitreibh eile) fé léas a nascann no a thugann le tuisgint go nascann sé ar an léasóir laigheadú no cothromú d'íoc no do lomháil no an léasaí do shlánú in aghaidh na rátaí is iníoctha ar an tigh comhnaithe sin no an léasaí do shaora o sna rátaí sin ar aon tslí eile, déanfar ar gach cíos is iníoctha fén léas san in aghaidh tréimhse a thosnóidh ar an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1929, no ina dhiaidh sin—
(a) i gcás cíosa bhliantúla, laigheadú de shuim is có-ionann le suim na rátaí a bhí ar an tigh comhnaithe beag san in aghaidh na bliana airgeadais áitiúla dar thosach an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1928, agus gur bhain no gur tugadh le tuisgint gur bhain an saora san léi a thug an léas san don léasaí no a thug an léas san le tuisgint a bheith aige á thabhairt don léasaí, agus
(b) i gcás aon chíosa seachas cíos bliantúil, laigheadú de shuim go mbeidh idir í agus na rátaí a bhí ar an tigh comhnaithe beag san in aghaidh na bliana airgeadais áitiúla dar thosach an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1928, agus gur bhain no gur tugadh le tuisgint gur bhain an saora san leo a thug an léas san don léasaí no a thug an léas san le tuisgint a bheith aige á thabhairt don léasaí, an cothrom céanna a bheidh idir an tréimhse go n-áirítear an cíos san dá réir agus bliain.
(2) San alt so foluíonn an focal “léas” aon chonnra tionóntachta, i scríbhinn no o bhéalaibh, tré n-a cruthnuítear ordú mar a bhíonn idir tiarna tighe agus tionónta, agus foluíonn na focail “léasóir” agus “léasaí” fé seach tiarna na tionóntachta san agus an tionónta fén tionóntacht san.
Faoiseamh maidir le háitreabh gan éinne i seilbh ann.
8.—(1) Pé uair is gá do réir an Achta so ráta do ghearra ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig agus a bheidh an tigh comhnaithe beag san le linn ghearra an ráta san gan éinne i seilbh ann do réir bhrí an ailt seo, bainfidh alt 12 den Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1862, leis an ráta san, pe'ca ráta dealbhais an ráta san no nách ea, ach beidh san fé réir an atharuithe ná beidh de bhua an ailt sin aon chuid den ráta san ionbhainte de shealbhaire ar an tigh comhnaithe sin marab únaer air, leis, é.
(2) Ní bhainfidh alt 180 den Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, ná an proivísó a ghabhann le halt 60 den Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, ná (lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar a mhalairt go soiléir leis an alt so) alt 12 den Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1862, leis an gcás maidir le ráta do ghearra ar thigh chomhnaithe bheag is gá do réir an Achta so do ghearra ar únaer an tighe chomhnaithe sin.
(3) Pé uair a gearrfar ráta ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig de bhua an Achta so agus a thiocfidh an tigh comhnaithe sin chun bheith agus a leanfa sé de bheith gan éinne i seilbh ann do réir bhrí an ailt seo ar feadh tréimhse leanúnaighe nách giorra ná ráithe laistigh den bhliain airgeadais áitiúil gur chun a seirbhíse a gearradh an ráta san, beidh ag an té a dhligheann, no do dhin, an ráta san d'íoc teideal chun liúntas no aisíoc (pe'ca aca is gá sa chás) d'éileamh ar an údarás rátúcháin do ghearr an ráta san agus d'fháil uatha, mar gheall ar an ráta san, chó fada leis an dóú cuid déag den ráta san in aghaidh gach mí iomláin (agus é d'áireamh o aon lá de mhí go dtí a chó-lá san sa chéad mhí eile) a bhí an tigh comhnaithe sin gan éinne i seilbh ann amhlaidh.
(4) Ní bhainfidh an Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1890, le haon ráta a gearrfar, de bhua an Achta so, ar únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig.
(5) Bainfidh na forálacha so a leanas leis an gcás maidir le gach tigh comhnaithe beag le n-a mbaineann de thurus na huaire na hAchtanna um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 agus 1926, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ní bhainfidh alt 16 den Acht um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 (Uimh. 19 de 1923) agus alt 9 den Acht um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1926 (Uimh. 24 de 1926), leis an tigh comhnaithe sin;
(b) ní tuigfar aon uair, faid a bhainfidh na hAchtanna san leis, an tigh comhnaithe sin do bheith gan éinne i seilbh ann do réir bhrí an ailt seo agus, más rud é go mbeidh sé gan éinne i seilbh ann amhlaidh, tuigfar an t-únaer do bheith i seilbh ann;
(c) pé uair a bheidh únaer an tighe chomhnaithe sin tar éis ráta d'íoc do gearradh air de bhua an Achta so mar gheall ar an tigh comhnaithe sin agus, ar feadh tréimhse leanúnaighe nách giorra ná ráithe laistigh den bhliain airgeadais áitiúil gur chun a seirbhíse a gearradh an ráta san, a tuigfar de bhua an ailt seo únaer an tighe chomhnaithe sin do bheith i seilbh ann agus a bheidh an tigh sin gan éinne i seilbh ann chun go bhféadfar breiseanna do chur leis no atharuithe no deisithe do dhéanamh air no toisc go bhfuil an t-únaer bona fide gan bheith ábalta ar thionónta oiriúnach d'fháil do ar an gcíos maximum is ceaduithe de thurus na huaire fé sna hAchtanna san, beidh teideal ag an únaer sin chun aisíoc d'éileamh ar an údarás rátúcháin do ghearr an ráta san agus d'fháil uatha, mar gheall ar an ráta san, chó fada leis an dóú cuid déag den ráta san in aghaidh gach mí iomláin (agus é d'áireamh o aon lá de mhí go dtí a chó-lá san sa chéad mhí eile) den tréimhse leanúnaigh sin ach gan dul thar leath an ráta san san iomlán no le chéile.
(6) Ní tuigfar tigh comhnaithe beag do bheith gan éinne i seilbh ann do réir bhrí an ailt seo ar feadh aon tréimhse a bheidh duine seachas a únaer i dteideal bheith i seilbh sa tigh chomnaithe sin agus dá n-íocfa sé cíos air leis an únaer sin.
Rátaí ar thithe comhnaithe beaga is le húdarás rátúcháir.
9.—In aon chás ina mbeidh údarás rátúcháin ina únaer ar thigh chomhnaithe bheag ní ghearrfidh an t-údarás rátúcháin sin, maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe beag san, aon ráta ba ghá do réir an Achta so do ghearra ar únaer an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin, ach mar sin féin, i ngach cás den tsórt san, bainfidh na forálacha uile den Acht so, i dtaobh méadú cíos tighe chomhnaithe bhig 'na ngearrfar ráta ar a únaer de bhua an Achta so, leis an tigh comh- naithe beag san chó hiomlán is dá ndintí an ráta san do ghearra go hachtúil maidir leis an tigh sin agus déanfidh an t-údarás rátúcháin sin suim gach méaduithe do dineadh fé sna forálacha san ar chíos an tighe chomhnaithe bhig sin do chur, nuair a gheobhaid í, chun na gcrícheanna chun a mbeadh an ráta san maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe beag san ionchurtha.
Lascaine ar ráta d'íoc go féichiúnta.
10.—(1) Pé uair a dhéanfidh únaer tighe chomhnaithe bhig, nách sealbhaire ar an tigh comhnaithe sin leis, naoi ndeichiú de shuim ráta do gearradh air de bhua an Achta so maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe sin d'íoc leis an údarás rátúcháin no le duine thar a gceann laistigh de ráithe tar éis gearra an ráta san no laistigh de dhá mhí tar éis mion-innste ar an ráta san maidir leis an tigh comhnaithe sin do bheith tabhartha dho de réir an Achta so tuigfar an ráta san do bheith lán-íoctha agus lán-tsásamh do bheith tabhartha ann tríd an íoc san agus glacfidh an t-údarás san no an duine sin an t-íoc san dá réir sin.
(2) Beidh forálacha an ailt seo mar bhreis i dteanta agus ní hin ionad na bhforálacha d'aon achtachán eile (puiblí, generálta, áitiúil, no pearsanta, puiblí no príobháideach) le n-a dtugtar comhacht ráta do ghlana tré chodán de d'íoc laistigh d'aimsir theoranta, ach ní hi slí is go mbeidh teideal ag éinne chun faoisimh fén alt so agus fén achtachán eile sin maidir leis an aon ráta amháin.
Forálacha generálta i dtaobh méaduithe agus laigheaduithe cíosa.
11.—(1) Nuair a beifear ag áireamh suime aon mhéadú no laigheadú a bheidh le déanamh ar aon chíos do réir an Achta so ní háireofar aon chodán de phingin is lú ná leathphinge agus áireofar mar phingin aon chodán de phingin is có-mhéid le leathphinge no is mó ná san.
(2) I gcás ina ndlightar cíos do mhéadú no do laigheadú fén Acht so maidir le háitreabhacha, le rátaí no le nithe deifriúla, no ina ndlightar é do mhéadú fé alt amháin agus é do laigheadú fé alt eile den Acht so, beidh na méaduithe agus na laigheaduithe sin go léir nea-spleách le n-a chéile agus ionchurtha le chéile.
Baint an Achta so le hAchtanna áitiúla agus príobháideacha.
12.—Pé uair a bheidh forálacha an Achta so buiniscionn le forálacha aon Achta áitiúla no phríobháidigh, beidh forálacha an Achta so, chó fada le méid na huiniscionntaíochta san, in ionad forálacha an Achta áitiúla no phríobháidigh sin agus sáróid iad.
Gearr-theideal.
13.—Féadfar an tAcht Rialtais Áitiúla (Rátaí ar Thithe Comhnaithe Beaga), 1928, do ghairm den Acht so.
Number 4 of 1928.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATES ON SMALL DWELLINGS) ACT, 1928.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Acts Referred to | |
No. 5 of 1925 | |
No. 3 of 1927 | |
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923 | No. 19 of 1923 |
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1926 | No. 24 of 1926 |
Number 4 of 1928.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATES ON SMALL DWELLINGS) ACT, 1928.
Definitions.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “rating authority” means the council of a county, a county or other borough, or an urban district;
the expression “small dwelling” means a hereditament or tenement separately valued under the Valuation Acts whereof the valuation under those Acts does not exceed six pounds and the whole or any part of which is structurally adapted for use as a dwelling, and also includes any other hereditament or tenement which by virtue of any other provision of this Act is for the time being a small dwelling for the purposes of this Act;
the word “owner” means, as the case may require, either the person for the time being receiving (whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for another) in respect of the small dwelling in relation to which the expression is used a rent equal to or exceeding the valuation under the Valuation Acts of such dwelling or the person who would for the time being so receive in respect of such dwelling a rent equal to or exceeding the said valuation if such dwelling were let at such a rent.
(2) The valuation of a hereditament or tenement which is a new building within the meaning of section 69 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925) and section 11 of the Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927) shall for the purposes of this section be taken to be the valuation thereof before such valuation is reduced under those sections, and the valuation of a hereditament or tenement the valuation of which is reducible under section 12 of the Local Government Act, 1927, shall for the purposes of this section be taken to be the valuation thereof before such valuation is reduced under the said section 12.
(3) Every house or cottage which was or shall be erected or provided under the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1919, or under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, shall be a small dwelling for the purposes of this Act so long as it is owned by an authority having power to erect or provide houses under those Acts or any of them.
(4) In the case of a small dwelling which at the making of a rate to which this Act applies is or is included in a holding to which the Land Act, 1923, applies the person who is then the occupier of the small dwelling shall be the owner thereof for the purposes of this Act in respect of such rate.
Extension of definition of small dwelling.
2.—(1) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit, on the application of the council of a county or other borough by order extend the limit of valuation of small dwellings under this Act from six pounds to such greater sum not exceeding twelve pounds as he shall think fit and may, if he so thinks fit, on the application of such council by order at any time revoke such order.
(2) So long as an order under this section is in force in respect of a county or other borough the expression “small dwelling” in this Act shall mean in relation to such borough a hereditament or tenement separately valued under the Valuation Acts whereof the valuation under those Acts does not exceed the sum fixed in that behalf by such order and the whole or any part of which is actually used or is adapted for use as a dwelling.
(3) Every order made under this section shall be published forthwith in two newspapers circulating in the county or other borough to which such order relates or in two separate issues of one newspaper so circulating.
Application of Act.
3.—This Act applies to every rate made by a rating authority which is made for the service of the local financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1930, or any subsequent local financial year and which (save as is otherwise provided by this Act or any other Act in respect of particular classes of rateable property) is made on the occupier of the rated property.
Rating of owner of small dwelling.
4.—(1) Every rate to which this Act applies made in respect of a small dwelling shall be made on the owner of such dwelling and, save where the owner is also the occupier, no such rate shall be made on the occupier of such dwelling.
(2) Whenever a rate is made by virtue of this section on the owner of a small dwelling and the name of such owner is not fully known or is not known at all to the rating authority by whom such rate is made, such owner may be described in such rate by the words “the owner” without any name or addition.
(3) A rate made by virtue of this section on the owner of a small dwelling shall not be invalidated by any error or defect in the statement of the name of such owner or by the use of the description “the owner” without any name or addition, and every such rate shall be recoverable from such owner notwithstanding such error or defect or the use of such description.
(4) Whenever a rate is made by virtue of this section on the owner of one or more small dwellings, the rating authority by whom such rate is made shall furnish to such owner (as the case may require) particulars of such rate in respect of such small dwelling or separate particulars of such rate in respect of each such small dwelling, and such particulars shall be deemed to have been duly so furnished if the same are transmitted by post to or left at the address appearing in the rate book of such owner or, where such address is uncertain or the address of such owner does not appear in the rate book, are transmitted by post to or left at the small dwelling to which they relate.
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other Act, every rate made by virtue of this section on the owner of a small dwelling shall be payable by such owner and on his default by any subsequent owner of such small dwelling from whom such rate is demanded and by no other person.
(6) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act every rate made by virtue of this section on the owner of a small dwelling may be recovered from such owner or a subsequent owner liable to pay the same by all or any of the remedies (except distraint on the goods of a person other than such owner or subsequent owner) by which such rate could be recovered from the occupier or a subsequent occupier respectively of such dwelling if such rate had been made on such occupier and this Act had not been passed and, in the case of a rate which when made on an occupier is not recoverable from a subsequent occupier, may be recovered from a subsequent owner liable to pay the same by all or any of the remedies (except as before excepted) by which poor-rate made on an occupier is recoverable from a subsequent occupier.
(7) It shall not be lawful for a rating authority to commence any proceedings for the recovery from a subsequent owner of a rate made by virtue of this section on the owner of a small dwelling after the expiration of two years from the making of such rate.
Relief of agents and trustees.
5.—(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this section a rate made by virtue of this Act on an owner of a small dwelling who is not beneficially entitled to such small dwelling shall not be recoverable from such owner.
(2) Whenever a rate is made by virtue of this Act on the owner of a small dwelling and such owner is not beneficially entitled to such small dwelling and such rate is in arrear and unpaid for whichever of the following periods is the longer, that is to say, four months from the making of such rate or three months from the furnishing in accordance with this Act to such owner of particulars of such rate, the following provisions shall apply and have affect, that is to say:—
(a) it shall be lawful for the rate collector by whom such rate is collectable to serve either personally or by post on such owner a notice restraining him for so long as any part of such rate remains unpaid from paying to the person beneficially entitled to such small dwelling any rents or profits received (whether before or after the service of such notice) by such owner out of or in respect of such small dwelling;
(b) when such notice has been served such owner shall, to the extent of all rents and profits issuing out of such small dwelling and either received by him before and still in his hands at the service of such notice or received by him after such service, be liable to pay such rate and the same shall be recoverable from him accordingly by all or any of the remedies authorised by this Act;
(c) the receipt of a rate collector by whom such rate is collectable for a payment made by such owner on account of the said rate after the service of such notice on him shall, as against the person beneficially entitled to such small dwelling and notwithstanding any direction given by such person, be a good discharge to such owner for moneys received by him for the use of or in trust for such person up to the amount of such payment;
(d) if such notice as aforesaid cannot conveniently be served on such owner or the rating authority by whom such rate was made is of opinion (whether before or after the service of such notice) that the amount of such rate so in arrear or some part of such amount is or probably will be irrecoverable from such owner, it shall be lawful for the rate collector by whom such rate is collectable to serve either personally or by post on the occupier of such small dwelling a notice stating the amount of the said rate then unpaid and requiring such occupier to pay to such rate collector or his successor in office all rent then due or thereafter to become due by him to such owner until the said amount of the said rate is by such payment or otherwise discharged;
(e) the service of such notice as aforesaid on such occupier shall operate to transfer to such rate collector and his successors in office the exclusive right to recover, receive and give a discharge for the rent required by such notice to be paid to such rate collector or his successor in office.
Increase of rent where owner rated.
6.—(1) Whenever a rate to which this Act applies is made by virtue of this Act on the owner of a small dwelling every gale of rent which becomes due and payable by an occupier of such small dwelling in respect of such small dwelling (whether together with or without other premises) during the twelve months hereinafter specified shall be increased by an amount which bears the same proportion to the amount of such rate as the period in respect of which such gale is payable bears to one year.
(2) The twelve months mentioned in the foregoing sub-section shall be the twelve months commencing at whichever of the following times is the later, that is to say, the expiration of one month from the making of the rate or the expiration of fourteen days from the furnishing in accordance with this Act to the owner of the small dwelling in relation to which the said twelve months are being calculated of particulars of such rate in respect of such small dwelling.
(3) All rent liable to be increased under this section shall as so increased be payable and recoverable in the same manner and by the same means as such rent would have been payable and recoverable if the same had not been so increased.
(4) Every contract not to increase a rent liable to be increased under this section or not to enforce the payment of such increase or to allow a deduction or set off against such increase or any part thereof or to indemnify the person liable to pay such increased rent against such increase or any part thereof or other wise operating to relieve the person liable to pay such increased rent from the payment of such increase or any part thereof shall be void.
(5) In the application of section 8 of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923 (No. 19 of 1923) to a small dwelling the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) the word “rates” in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of the said section 8 shall not include a rate made by virtue of this Act on the owner of such small dwelling, and
(b) the amount by which the rent of such small dwelling is for the time being increased by virtue of this section shall be reckoned and included in the calculation under the said section 8 of the amount by which the rent of such small dwelling may exceed the standard rent.
Adjustment of rent in certain cases.
7.—(1) Whenever a small dwelling is on the 1st day of April, 1929, held (whether together with or without other premises) under a lease which binds or purports to bind the lessor to pay or allow a deduction or set off against or indemnify the lessee against or otherwise to relieve the lessee from the rates payable in respect of such dwelling, all rent payable under such lease in respect of a period commencing on or after the 1st day of April, 1929, shall be reduced—
(a) in the case of an annual rent by an amount equal to the amount of the rates in respect of such small dwelling for the local financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1928, to which the relief afforded or purported to be afforded to the lessee by such lease extended or purported to extend, and
(b) in the case of any rent other than an annual rent, by an amount which bears to the rates in respect of such small dwelling for the local financial year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1928, to which the relief afforded or purported to be afforded to the lessee by such lease extended or purported to extend the same proportion as the period by reference to which such rent is calculated bears to one year.
(2) In this section the word “lease” includes any contract of tenancy whether in writing or verbal whereby the relation of landlord and tenant is created, and the words “lessor” and “lessee” respectively include the landlord of and the tenant under such tenancy.
Relief in respect of unoccupied premises.
8.—(1) Whenever a rate is required by this Act to be made on the owner of a small dwelling and at the time of making such rate such small dwelling is unoccupied within the meaning of this section, section 12 of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1862, shall apply to such rate whether such rate is or is not poor-rate but subject to the modification that no portion of such rate shall be recoverable by virtue of that section from an occupier of such dwelling who is not also the owner thereof.
(2) Neither section 180 of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, nor the proviso to section 60 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, nor (save as is otherwise expressly provided by this section) section 12 of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1862, shall apply in respect of the making of a rate on a small dwelling which is required by this Act to be made on the owner of such dwelling.
(3) Whenever a rate is made by virtue of this Act on the owner of a small dwelling and such dwelling becomes and continues unoccupied within the meaning of this section during a continuous period of not less than three months within the local financial year for the service of which such rate is made, the person who is liable to pay or has paid such rate shall be entitled to claim and receive from the rating authority by whom such rate was made an allowance or refund (as the case may require) in respect of such rate of one-twelfth of such rate in respect of every completed month (reckoned from any day of one month to the corresponding day of the next month) during which such dwelling is so unoccupied.
(4) The Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1890, shall not apply to any rate which is made by virtue of this Act on the owner of a small dwelling.
(5) The following provisions shall apply in respect of every small dwelling to which the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 and 1926, for the time being apply, that is to say:—
(a) section 16 of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923 (No. 19 of 1923) and section 9 of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1926 (No. 24 of 1926) shall not apply to such dwelling;
(b) such dwelling shall not at any time while the said Acts apply to it be deemed to be unoccupied within the meaning of this section and, if in fact so unoccupied, shall be deemed to be in the occupation of the owner thereof;
(c) whenever the owner of such dwelling has paid a rate made by virtue of this Act on him in respect of such dwelling and, during a continuous period of not less than three months within the local financial year for the service of which such rate is made, such dwelling is deemed by virtue of this section to be in the occupation of the owner thereof and is unoccupied for the purpose of the execution of additions, alterations, or repairs thereto or because the owner is bona fide unable to obtain a suitable tenant therefor at the maximum rent for the time being permitted under the said Acts, such owner shall be entitled to claim and receive from the rating authority by whom such rate was made a refund in respect of such rate of one-twelfth of such rate in respect of every completed month (reckoned from any day of one month to the corresponding day of the next month) of the said continuous period but not exceeding in the whole or in the aggregate one-half of such rate.
(6) A small dwelling shall not be deemed to be unoccupied within the meaning of this section during any period in respect of which a person other than the owner thereof is entitled to the occupation of such dwelling and pays to such owner rent therefor.
Rates on small dwellings owned by rating authority.
9.—Wherever a rating authority is the owner of a small dwelling such rating authority shall not make in respect of such small dwelling any rate which would by this Act be required to be made on the owner of such small dwelling, but nevertheless in every such case all the provisions of this Act in relation to the increase of the rent of a small dwelling on the owner of which a rate is made by virtue of this Act shall apply to such small dwelling as fully as if such rate were actually made in respect thereof and the amount of every increase made under the said provisions in the rent of such small dwelling shall when received by such rating authority be applied by them for the purposes for which such rate in respect of such small dwelling would be applicable.
Discount on punctual payment of rate.
10.—(1) Whenever the owner of a small dwelling who is not also the occupier of such dwelling pays to the rating authority or to a person on their behalf nine-tenths of the amount of a rate made by virtue of this Act on him in respect of such dwelling within three months after the making of such rate or within two months after the furnishing to him in accordance with this Act of particulars of such rate in respect of such dwelling, such rate shall be deemed to have been fully paid and satisfied by such payment and such payment shall be accepted by such rating authority or such person accordingly.
(2) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of any other enactment (whether public, general, local, or personal, public or private) enabling a rate to be discharged by payment of a fraction thereof within a limited time, but not so as to entitle any person to relief under this section and under such other enactment in respect of the same rate.
General provisions as to increases and reductions of rent.
11.—(1) In calculating the amount of any increase or reduction to be made in any rent in pursuance of this Act any fraction of a penny less than a halfpenny shall be disregarded and any fraction of a penny equal to or greater than a halfpenny shall be reckoned as a penny.
(2) Where a rent is liable to be increased or reduced under this Act in respect of different premises, rates, or events or is liable to be increased under one section and reduced under another section of this Act, all such increases and reductions shall be independent and cumulative.
Relation of this Act to local and private Acts.
12.—Whenever the provisions of this Act are inconsistent with the provisions of any local or private Act the provisions of this Act shall to the extent of such inconsistency be in substitution for and shall override the provisions of such local or private Act.
Short title.
13.—This Act may be cited as the Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928.