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Uimhir 50 de 1931.
ACHT NA dTITHE (FORÁLACHA ILGHNÉITHEACHA), 1931.
CUID I.
Roimhraiteach agus Generalta.
Gearr-theideal, léiriú agus luadh.
1.—(1) Féadfar Acht na dTithe (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 1931, do ghairm den Acht so.
(2) Sa mhéid go leasuíonn an tAcht so na Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930, na Small Dwellings Acquisition (Ireland) Acts, 1899 and 1919, agus Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930, léighfear agus léireofar é mar éinní amháin leo san fé seach, agus féadfar é do luadh in éineacht leo fé seach fén teideal: Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre, 1890 go 1931, Achtanna na Sclábhaithe, 1883 go 1931, na hAchtanna um Thithe Beaga Comhnaithe d'Fháil, 1899 go 1931, agus Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1931, fé mar a bheidh.
Mínithe.
2.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí;
cialluíonn an focal “orduithe” orduithe ag an Aire;
cialluíonn an abairt “líomatáiste nea-shláintiúil” líomatáiste go bhfuil na tithe comhnaithe atá ann neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ionta, toisc easba deisiúcháin no toisc lochtaí sa chóir shláinteachais, no dainséarach no díobhálach do shláinte áititheoirí an líomatáiste, toisc na dtithe sin do bheith leagtha amach go holc no toisc na sráideanna do bheith ró-chumhang no leagtha amach go holc, agus ina bhfuil na foirgintí eile, más ann dóibh, dainséarach no díobhálach do shláinte na n-áititheoirí sin de dheascaibh cúise den tsórt san;
cialluíonn an abairt “líomatáiste réiteachta” líomatáiste neashláintiúil a dhearbhóidh údarás áitiúil a bheith ina líomatáiste réiteachta chun crícheanna an Achta so;
cialluíonn an abairt “líomatáiste feabhsúcháin” líomatáiste neashláintiúil a dhearbhóidh údarás áitiúil a bheith ina líomatáiste feabhsúcháin chun crícheanna an Achta so;
cialluíonn an abairt “ordú réiteachta” ordú dhéanfaidh údarás áitiúil fén Acht so á ordú foirgintí i líomatáiste réiteachta do leagadh;
cialluíonn an abairt “ordú ceannaigh éigeanta” ordú déanfar fén Acht so á údarú d'údarás áitiúil talamh do thógaint go héigeanta;
cialluíonn an abairt “Acht 1890” an Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890;
cialluíonn an abairt “Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre” na Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, agus an tAcht so sa mhéid go leasuíonn sé na hAchtanna san;
foluíonn an abairt “lochtaí sa chóir shláinteachais” easba aerspáis no aeriúcháin, dorchadas, taise, easba leor-sholáthair uisce sho-aimsithe no easba feistis shláinteachais no áiseanna eile agus easba leor-phábhála no leor-dhréineála i gcúirteanna, i gclóis no i bpasáistí;
tá an chiall chéanna leis an abairt “fo-dhlithe tógála” atá leis an abairt “building by-laws” in alt 33 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919;
cialluíonn an focal “únaer” maidir le haon fhoirgint no talamh duine, seachas morgáistí ná fuil i seilbh, atá de thurus na huaire i dteideal bithdhílse na foirginte no an tailimh do chur dá laimh, pe'ca chun seilbhe no chun frithdhílse é, agus foluíonn freisin duine atá i seilbh no i dteideal cíosanna agus brabúis na foirginte no an tailimh fé léas no có-aontú gur mó ná trí bliana a bhfuil le caitheamh dá théarma;
foluíonn an focal “tigh comhnaithe” aon chlós, gáirdín, miontithe agus dultaisí a ghabhann leis no a húsáidtear de ghnáth in éineacht leis;
foluíonn an focal “sráid” aon chúirt, clamhsa, pasáiste, cearnóg no sreath de thithe pe'ca tá ceann de sin dúnta no ná fuil;
tá an chiall chéanna leis an abairt “duine go n-urláimh an tighe” atá leis an bhfocal “owner” sa Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.
Acht 1890 do léiriú.
3.—Beidh éifeacht ag Acht 1890 amhail is dá ndeintí na forálacha den Acht so i dtaobh líomatáistí nea-shláintiúla agus tithe comhnaithe nea-shláintiúla do chur isteach i gCoda I agus II fé seach d'Acht 1890 in ionad na bhforálacha atá sna Coda san i dtaobh líomatáistí nea-shláintiúla agus tithe comhnaithe neashláintiúla agus déanfar na tagairtí atá san Acht so, no atá in aon Acht (agus Acht 1890 d'áireamh) do ritheadh roimh an Acht so, d'Acht 1890 no d'aon Chuid d'Acht 1890, no d'aon achtachán atá san Acht san no leasuíonn é do léiriú mar thagairtí fé seach d'Acht 1890 mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht so, no don Chuid sin no don achtachán san mar a leasuítear an Chuid sin no an t-achtachán san leis an Acht so.
Achtacháin d'athghairm.
4.—(1) Deintear leis seo na hachtacháin a luaidhtear sa Chúigiú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'athghairm sa mhéid a luaidhtear sa dara colún den Sceideal san.
(2) Más rud é roimh thosach feidhme an Achta so agus do réir Achta 1890, gur seirbheáladh aon fhógra á éileamh go ndéanfaí oibreacha, no go ndearnadh aon éileamh ar na costaisí no aon ordú i dtaobh na gcostaisí bhaineann le hoibreacha do dhéanamh, no aon ordú dúnta no ordú leagtha, no gur dhaingnigh no gur cheaduigh an tAire aon scéim no ordú no gur cuireadh aon ordú fé n-a bhráid chun a dhaingnithe no a cheaduithe, ansan, d'ainneoin éinní atá sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, féadfar imeachta (agus imeachta chun scéime daingnithe d'atharú d'áireamh) do bhunú ina thaobh den tsórt d'fhéadfaí do bhunú, agus tiocfaidh nithe dá ndruim den tsórt do thiocfadh, dá mba ná rithfí an tAcht so.
(3) Ní tuigfear go ndeineann an luadh a deintear ar nithe áirithe sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo aon dochar ná deifir d'fheidhmiú ghenerálta ailt 13 den Acht Léiriúcháin, 1923 (Uimhir 46 de 1923) maidir le héifeacht ath-ghairmeanna.
CUID II.
TITHE DON LUCHT OIBRE.
Liomataisti Nea-Shlaintiula.
Líomatáistí réiteachta.
5.—(1) Má bhíonn údarás áitiúil sásta, ar chúis a pléidhfear leo go hoifigiúil no ar eolas eile bheidh acu do bhreithniú, gur líomatáiste nea-shláintiúil aon líomatáiste atá laistigh dá gceanntar agus nách féidir staid an líomatáiste sin do leigheas go héifeachtúil ach amháin tré sna foirgintí go léir, sa líomatáiste sin, atá neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ionta no atá dainséarach no díobhálach don tsláinte do leagadh, cuirfidh an t-údarás áitiúil fé ndeár an líomatáiste sin do léiriú ar mhapa i slí ná beidh aon fhoirgint ann ná fuil neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe inte ná dainséarach ná díobhálach don tsláinte agus dearbhóid tré rún an líomatáiste sin agus é léirithe amhlaidh do bheith ina líomatáiste réiteachta agus féachfaid chuige, do réir forálacha an Achta so, go leagfar na foirgintí uile sa líomatáiste sin ar shlí acu so leanas, no go leagfar cuid díobh ar shlí acu agus go leagfar an chuid eile dhíobh ar an slí eile fé mar a shocróidh an t-údarás áitiúil, sé sin le rá:—
(a) tré thalamh atá sa líomatáiste do cheannach agus na foirgintí eile atá air do leagadh no féachaint chuige ar shlí eile go leagfar iad; no
(b) tré n-a ordú go ndéanfar foirgintí sa líomatáiste do leagadh.
(2) Déanfaidh údarás áitiúil cóip d'aon rún a rithfid fén alt so do chur láithreach chun an Aire maraon le cuntas ar an méid daoine agus ar an méid líon-tighe ar leithligh den lucht oibre go raibh comhnaí ortha i bhfoirgintí an líomatáiste réiteachta lá áirithe luadhfar sa chuntas.
(3) Chun crícheanna Achta Bhainistí Chathair Chorcaighe, 1929 (Uimh. 1 de 1929) agus an Achta Rialtais Áitiúla (Baile Atha Cliath), 1930 (Uimh. 27 de 1930) is feidhm fhorchoimeádtha a dhearbhú fén alt so gur líomatáiste réiteachta aon líomatáiste áirithe.
Orduithe réiteachta.
6.—(1) Má chinneann údarás áitiúil ar a ordú go ndéanfar aon fhoirgintí i líomatáiste réiteachta do leagadh déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil ordú réiteachta i dtaobh na bhfoirgintí sin agus cuirfid fé bhráid an Aire é chun a dhaingnithe.
(2) Na forálacha atá sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so bainfid le horduithe réiteachta do dhéanamh, do chur fé bhráid an Aire, agus do dhaingniú.
Údarás áitiúll do cheannach tailimh a bheidh timpealuithe ag líomatáiste réiteachta no ag síneadh leis.
7.—Más rud é, maidir le haon líomatáiste dhearbhóid do bheith ina líomatáiste réiteachta, go gcinnfidh údarás áitiúil aon talamh sa líomatáiste do cheannach, féadfaid freisin aon talamh do cheannach a bheidh timpealuithe ag an líomatáiste réiteachta agus gur gá do réir réasúin é d'fháil chun a chur in áirithe gur líomatáiste bheidh oiriúnach ina chrot agus ina mhéid a bheidh sa líomatáiste réitithe agus féadfaid ina theanta san aon talamh do cheannach a bheidh ag síneadh leis an líomatáiste réiteachta agus gur gá do réir réasúin é d'fháil d'fhonn an líomatáiste réitithe d'fheabhsú no d'úsáid ar shlí shásúil.
Foirgintí do leagadh fé ordú réiteachta.
8.—(1) Nuair a thiocfaidh ordú réiteachta i ngníomh déanfaidh únaer no únaerí aon fhoirginte le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú an fhoirgint sin do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh chun sástachta an údaráis áitiúla fé cheann sé seachtaine ón dáta ar ar gá do réir an orduithe an fhoirgint d'fhágaint no, mara bhfágtar í go dtí tar éis an dáta san, fé cheann sé seachtaine ón dáta ar a bhfágfar í no, i gceachtar cás, fé cheann pé tréimhse, níos sia ná san, a thuigfidh an t-údarás áitiúil do bheith réasúnta agus an scéal mar bheidh; agus, mara ndeintear an fhoirgint do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh amhlaidh sara mbeidh an tréimhse sin caithte, raghaidh an t-údarás áitiúil isteach agus déanfaid an fhoirgint do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh agus abhair na foirginte do dhíol.
(2) Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil, tar éis dóibh creidiúint do thabhairt in aon tsuim do fuaradar ar na habhair, aon chostaisí fé n-a ndeachadar fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo do bhaint, ar an slí achmair os cóir cúirte dlighinse achmaire, d'únaer na foirginte no, má bhíonn níos mó ná aon únaer amháin ann, d'únaerí na foirginte i pé scaireanna shocróidh an chúirt do bheith ceart agus cothrom; agus aon únaer íocfaidh suim iomlán a n-éilimh leis an údarás áitiúil féadfaidh sa tslí chéanna pé rann-íoc, más aon cheann é, shocróidh an chúirt do bheith ceart agus cothrom, do bhaint d'aon únaer eile.
(3) Déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil aon fharasbár a bheidh ar láimh acu d'íoc le húnaer na foirginte no, má bhíonn níos mó ná aon únaer amháin ann, déanfaid é d'íoc fé mar a chó-aontóidh na húnaerí sin no, mara gcó-aontuítear, déanfaid é d'íoc i pé cionúireachtaí shocróidh cúirt dlighinse achmaire ar iarratas aon únaera den tsórt san do bheith ceart agus cothrom.
(4) Nuair a bheidh cúirt údaráis achmair á shocrú, chun crícheanna an ailt so, cadiad na scaireanna ina ndéanfaidh beirt no níos mó únaerí foirginte aon chostaisí d'íoc no do thabhairt uatha no ina roinnfear aon fharasbár eatorra cuimhneoidh sí ar leasanna na n-únaerí sin fé seach sa bhfoirgint, ar a n-oblagáidí agus a bhfreagarthachtaí fé seach maidir le coinneáil i dtreo agus deisiú fé aon chumhnant no có-aontú, ráite no iontuigthe, agus ar gach ní eile bhaineann leis an gcás.
(5) Beidh suim aon chostaisí bheidh ag dul d'údarás áitiúil fén alt so ina muirear ar an áitreabh gur ina thaobh do chuathas fé sna costaisí, agus chun an mhuirir sin d'fheidhmiú beidh ag an údarás áitiúil na comhachta agus na leigheasanna céanna go léir do bheadh acu dá mba mhorgáistithe tré dhintiúir iad agus comhacht acu chun díolta agus chun léasuithe, chun glacadh le léasanna do bhéarfaí suas agus chun glacadóra do cheapadh.
Sriantacht le talamh i líomatáiste réiteachta d'fheabhsú.
9.—(1) Nuair a thiocfaidh ordú réiteachta i ngníomh ní déanfar aon talamh le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú d'úsáid chun crícheanna tógála ná é d'fheabhsú ar aon tslí eile ach amháin do réir pé pleananna cheadóidh an t-údarás áitiúil agus fé réir pé sriantacht agus coinníollacha, más aon cheann é, is oiriúnach leis an údarás áitiúil d'fhorchur.
(2) Aon únaer ar a ngoillfidh sriantacht no coinníoll a cuirfear amhlaidh le n-a chuid talmhan d'úsáid no ar a ngoillfe sé an t-údarás áitiúil do dhiúltú ina dhiaidh sin d'aon tsriantacht no coinníoll den tsórt san do chur ar ceal no d'atharú, féadfaidh athchomharc do dhéanamh chun an Aire aon uair agus déanfaidh seisean pé ordú is dóich leis is ceart i dtaobh an scéil, agus ní bheidh dul thar breith an Aire.
(3) Aon duine thosnóidh no chuirfidh fé ndeár go dtosnófar ar aon obair contrárdha d'aon phleananna do ceaduíodh no do shriantacht no coinníoll do forchuireadh fén bhfo-alt so dlighfear, ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair, pionós ná raghaidh thar dachad scilling do chur air agus fós pionós breise ná raghaidh thar deich bpúint in aghaidh gach lae go mbeidh an obair ina leithéid sin d'fhuirm agus ar a leithéid sin de staid go mbeidh sí contrárdha do sna pleananna, don tsriantacht no don choinníoll san.
Foirgintí ar thalamh a cheannóidh údarás áitiúil do leagadh agus an talamh do chur de láimh.
10.—(1) Déanfaidh údarás áitiúil a cheannóidh fén gCuid seo den Acht so aon talamh a bheidh i líomatáiste réiteachta no timpealuithe aige no ag síneadh leis a chur fé ndeár, chó luath agus is féidir é, gach foirgint air d'fhágaint agus deighleálfaid leis an talamh san ar shlí acu so leanas, no deighleálfaid le cuid de ar shlí acu agus deighleálfaid leis an gcuid eile dhe ar an slí eile, sé sin le rá:—
(a) leagfaid gach foirgint air fé cheann sé seachtaine ón dáta ar a bhfágfar í no fé cheann pé tréimhse, níos sia ná san, a thuigfid do bheith réasúnta agus an scéal mar bheidh, agus ina dhiaidh sin féadfaid an talamh d'úsáid chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890 mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin, ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, no, fé réir an Aire dá cheadú san, féadfaid an talamh do dhíol no do chur ar cíos fé réir pé sriantacht agus coinníollacha, más aon cheann é, is oiriúnach leo no féadfaid an talamh do chur i leithreas chun aon chríche chun a mbeidh údarás acu talamh do thógaint chúcha ach san fé réir sriantachta den tsórt chéanna atá in alt a cúig nóchad den Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, maidir le húdaráis áitiúla do chur tailimh i leithreas fén alt san; no
(b) déanfaid, fé réir an Aire dá cheadú san, an talamh do dhíol no do chur ar cíos chó luath agus is féidir é fé réir choinníll go ndéanfar na foirgintí air do leagadh láithreach agus fé réir pé sriantacht agus coinníollacha eile, más aon cheann é, is oiriúnach leo d'fhorchur.
(2) Isé praghas no cíos ar a ndíolfar no ar a dtabharfar ar léas aon talamh a díolfar no do bhéarfar ar léas fén alt so ná an praghas is fearr no an cíos is fearr is féidir d'fháil go réasúnta ag cuimhneamh ar aon tsriantacht no coinníoll do forchuirfear agus déanfar aon airgead caipitiúil do gheobhfar as aon ghnó déanfar fén alt so do chur, le cead an Aire, chun fiacha d'aisíoc no chun aon chríche eile chun ar féidir le ceart airgead caipitiúil do chur.
(3) Chun crícheanna an ailt so foluíonn “díol” díol i gcomaoine cíos-mhuirir bhliantúla no deontais fheirm-dhílse.
Comhacht ag údarás áitiúil talamh réitithe gur theip ar únaerí é d'athfheabhsú do cheannach.
11.—(1) Má deintear a mbeidh d'fhoirgintí ar thalamh do ghlanadh dhe do réir orduithe réiteachta déanfar fén gCuid seo den Acht so, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil aon uair tar éis ocht mí déag ón dáta ar a dtáinig an t-ordú réiteachta i ngníomh socrú, tré rún, ar aon chuid den talamh san do cheannach ná raibh, ar dháta a rúin do rith, úsáid déanta ná á déanamh di chun crícheanna tógála ná feabhas curtha ná á chur uirthi ar aon tslí eile ag á húnaer do réir pleananna do cheaduigh an t-údarás áitiúil agus do réir aon tsriantacht no coinníollacha do forchuireadh fé fho-alt (1) d'alt 9 den Acht so.
(2) Deighleálfaidh údarás áitiúil le haon talamh a cheannóid fén alt so tré é do dhíol, do chur ar cíos no do chur i leithreas do réir forálacha an ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo.
Líomatáistí feabhsúcháin.
12.—(1) Má bhíonn údarás áitiúil sásta, ar chúis a pléidhfear leo go hoifigiúil no ar eolas eile bheidh acu do bhreithniú, gur líomatáiste nea-shláintiúil aon líomatáiste atá laistigh dá gceanntar agus gur féidir, gan na foirgintí uile sa líomatáiste sin atá neamhoiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ionta no atá dainséarach no díobhálach don tsláinte do leagadh, staid an líomatáiste sin do leigheas go héifeachtúil—
(a) tré sna tithe comhnaithe sin laistigh den líomatáiste atá neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ionta do leagadh no do dheisiú fé mar is gá sa chás; agus
(b) tríd an údarás áitiúil do cheannach aon tailimh laistigh den líomatáiste go mbeidh sé oiriúnach dóibh é d'fháil chun an líomatáiste d'fhairsingiú agus tré aon fhoirgintí ar an talamh san do leagadh sa mhéid gur gá iad do leagadh chun na críche sin;
féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil a chur fé ndeár an líomatáiste sin do léiriú ar mhapa agus féadfaid rún do rith á dhearbhú gur líomatáiste feabhsúcháin an líomatáiste bheidh léirithe amhlaidh.
(2) Údarás áitiúil a rithfidh rún á dhearbhú gur líomatáiste feabhsúcháin líomatáiste áirithe, déanfaid láithreach—
(a) fógra ina luadhfar téarmaí an rúin agus an dáta ar ar ritheadh é, agus ina n-ainmneofar áit in a bhféadfar cóip den rún agus den mhapa luaidhtear ann d'fheiscint gach tráth réasúnta, d'fhoillsiú i bpáipeur no i bpáipéirí nuachta léightear ina gceanntar; agus
(b) cóip den rún do chur chun an Aire maraon le meastachán ar an méid daoine agus ar an méid líon-tighe ar leithligh den lucht oibre is gá do chur as áit de dhruim éinní bheidh an t-údarás áitiúil ar aigne a dhéanamh chun an líomatáiste d'fheabhsú.
(3) Chun crícheanna Achta Bhainistí Chathair Chorcaighe, 1929 (Uimh. 1 de 1929) agus an Achta Rialtais Áitiúla (Baile Atha Cliath), 1930 (Uimh. 27 de 1930) is feidhm fhorchoimeádtha a dhearbhú fén alt so gur líomatáiste feabhsúcháin aon líomatáiste áirithe.
Cad déanfar le líomatáiste feabhsúcháin.
13.—(1) Údarás áitiúil a rithfidh rún á dhearbhú gur líomatáiste feabhsúcháin líomatáiste áirithe, déanfaid chó luath agus is féidir é—
(a) i gcás tithe comhnaithe bheidh neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ionta, fógraí do sheirbheáil fé Chuid III den Acht so á éileamh go ndéanfar gach obair is gá ortha no go leagfar iad, agus féachaint chuige go ndéanfar beart do réir na bhfógraí sin;
(b) sa mhéid gur gá, chun an líomatáiste d'fheabhsú, talamh do cheannach chun an líomatáiste d'fhairsingiú, cromadh ar an talamh san do cheannach mara mbeidh an t-údarás áitiúil sásta gur leor é an fairsingiú dhéanfaidh únaer no únaerí an tailimh ar an líomatáiste.
(2) Déanfaidh údarás áitiúil a cheannóidh aon talamh fen alt so, no cuirfid in áirithe go ndéanfar, pé leagadh is gá chun an líomatáiste d'fhairsingiú agus, fé n-a réir sin, deighleálfaid leis an talamh san tré é do dhíol, do chur ar cíos no do chur i leithreas do réir forálacha ailt 10 den Acht so.
(3) Má thagann as éinní dhéanfaidh údarás áitiúil fén alt so maidir le tigh comhnaithe i líomatáiste feabhsúcháin go n-aistreoidh tionónta an tighe sin no aon choda dhe as, ansan, d'ainneoin éinní atá sna hAchtanna um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 go 1930, má bhaineann na hAchtanna san leis an tigh no leis an gcuid sin ní scuirfid de bhaint do bheith acu leis an gcéanna de bhíthin an tiarna tighe do theacht i seilbh an tighe no coda dhe ar dhéanamh an aistrithe sin agus dá bhíthin sin amháin.
(4) Má dearbhuítear gur líomatáiste feabhsúcháin aon líomatáiste áirithe ní choiscfidh san ar aon údarás áitiúil aon chomhachta d'fheidhmiú do bheadh infheidhmithe acu laistigh den líomatáiste sin dá mba ná déanfaí an dearbhú san.
Nithe le déanamh sara rithfear rún réiteachta no feabhsúcháin.
14.—Sara ndéanfaidh údarás áitiúil aon rún do rith á dhearbhú gur líomatáiste réiteachta no líomatáiste feabhsúcháin aon líomatáiste áirithe cruthóid don Aire—
(a) sa mhéid ná fuil cóiríocht chomhnaithe óiriúnach le fáil cheana féin do sna daoine den lucht oibre a cuirfear as áit de dhruim na nithe déanfar chun an líomatáiste do ghlanadh no d'fheabhsú, gur féidir don údarás áitiúil an chóiríocht san do chur ar fáil no a chur in áirithe go gcuirfear í ar fáil roimh gach cur as áit is gá do dhéanamh o am go ham fé mar a bheidh glanadh no feabhsú an líomatáiste ag dul ar aghaidh; agus
(b) gur leor acfuinn an údaráis áitiúla chun an rúin do chur in éifeacht.
Forálacha i dtaobh tailimh do cheannach.
15.—Má shocruíonn údarás áitiúil ar thalamh do cheannach fén gCuid seo den Acht so, féadfaid an talamh san do cheannach tré chó-aontú no féadfar, tré ordú cheannaigh éigeanta a déanfar agus a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire agus a dhaingneoidh seisean do réir forálacha an Dara Sceidil a ghabhann leis an Acht so, a údarú dhóibh an talamh san do cheannach go héigeanta.
Cúiteamh i dtaobh tailimh a ceannófar go héigeanta do mheas.
16.—(1) Má dheineann údarás áitiúil talamh do cheannach go héigeanta fén gCuid seo den Acht so déanfar an cúiteamh is iníoctha ina thaobh do mheas—
(a) i gcás tailimh i líomatáiste réiteachta, do réir na bhforálacha atá i gCuid I den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so;
(b) i gcás aon tailimh eile, do réir na bhforálacha atá i gCuid II den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so.
(2) Fé réir forálacha an fho-ailt sin roimhe seo, déanfar an cúiteamh is iníoctha i dtaobh an tailimh sin do mheas do réir forálacha an Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht chun Talamh do Thógaint (Coiste Réitigh), 1925 (Uimh. 22 de 1925).
Dleathacht orduithe réiteachta agus orduithe ceannaigh éigeanta agus an dáta ar a dtiocfaid i ngníomh.
17.—(1) Beidh éifeacht ag forálacha an ailt seo maidir le dleathacht orduithe réiteachta agus orduithe ceannaigh éigeanta déanfar fén Acht so agus maidir leis an dáta ar a dtiocfaidh ordú den tsórt san i ngníomh.
(2) Chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis don Aire ordú do dhaingniú foillseoidh an t-údarás áitiúil i bpáipeur nuachta léightear ina gceanntar fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe á rá go bhfuiltear tar éis an orduithe do dhaingniú agus ag ainmniú áite ina bhféadfar cóip den ordú, mar do daingníodh é, agus den mhapa luaidhtear ann d'fheiscint gach tráth réasúnta, agus seirbheálfaid fógra den tsórt chéanna ar gach duine do thug fógra don Aire go raibh agóid aige i gcoinnibh an orduithe agus do bhí i láthair ag an bhfiosrúchán áitiúil puiblí chun neartú le n-a agóid.
(3) Más mian le héinne ar a ngoillfidh ordú amhrus do chaitheamh ar dhleathacht an orduithe sin ar an bhforas nách ordú é atá do réir chomhacht an Achta so no gur fágadh aon choinníoll atá san Acht so gan cólíonadh, féadfa sé, laistigh de shé seachtaine tar éis fógra an daingnithe d'fhoillsiú, iarratas chuige sin do chur fé bhráid na hArd-Chúirte, agus má cuírtear aon iarratas den tsórt san fé n-a bráid go cuibhe féadfaidh an Chúirt—
(a) oibriú an orduithe, go generálta no sa mhéid go mbaineann sé le haon mhaoin leis an iarratasóir, do chur ar fiunraoi le hordú interim go dtí go dtabharfar an bhreith dheiridh ar na himeachta; agus
(b) an t-ordú do chur ar neamh-ní, go generálta no sa mhéid go mbaineann sé le haon mhaoin leis an iarratasóir, má bhíonn sí sásta, ar éisteacht an iarratais, nách ordú é atá do réir chomhacht an Achta so no go ndearnadh dochar mór do leasanna an iarratasóra tré aon choinníoll atá san Acht so d'fhágaint gan cólíonadh.
(4) Fé réir forálacha an fho-ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo ní caithfear amhrus ar ordú, roimh é do dhaingniú ná dá éis sin, tré chosc ná certiorari na in aon imeachta dlí ar bith agus tiocfa sé i ngníomh i gcionn sé seachtaine ón dáta ar a bhfoillseofar fógra a dhaingnithe do réir forálacha fo-ailt (2) den alt so.
(5) Chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis ordú do theacht i ngníomh déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil cóip de do sheirbheáil ar gach duine ar ar sheirbheáladar fógra go raibh ar aigne acu an t-ordú do chur fé bhráid an Aire chun a dhaingnithe.
Cearta slí easáidí, etc., do chur ar ceal.
18.—(1) Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil, le haontú an Aire, aon cheart slí puiblí ar aon talamh a cheannóid fén gCuid seo den Acht so do chur ar ceal le hordú, ach foillseofar sa tslí orduithe ordú dhéanfaidh údarás áitiúil fén bhfo-alt so, agus má deintear aon agóid ina choinnibh do chur fé bhráid an Aire fé cheann sé seachtaine o am a fhoillsithe ní aontóidh an tAire leis an ordú go dtí go gcuirfe sé fé ndeár fiosrúchán puiblí áitiúil do dhéanamh i dtaobh an scéil.
(2) Nuair a bheidh ceannach aon tailimh fén gCuid seo den Acht so críochnuithe ag údarás áitiúil dílseoidh gach ceart slí príobháideach agus gach ceart chun aon phíopaí, camraí, dréineacha, sreanga no cáblaí do chur síos, do chur suas, d'fhaidiú no do choinneáil i dtreo ar an talamh san no fé no os a chionn (maraon le húnaereacht na bpíopaí, na gcamraí, na ndréineacha, na sreang, no na gcáblaí sin) agus gach ceart no éasáid eile bheidh sa talamh san no bhaineann leis dilseoid san údarás áitiúil ach amháin sa mhéid go ndéanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil agus an té bheidh i dteideal an chirt a bheidh i gceist có-aontú ar a mhalairt, agus éinne chaillfidh éinní tré dhílsiú aon chirt no maoine den tsórt san roimhráite beidh sé i dteideal an údaráis áitiúla d'íoc cúitimh leis a socrófar fé agus do réir an Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, mar a leasuitear é leis an Acht chun Talamh do Thógaint (Coiste Réitigh), 1925 (Uimh. 22 de 1925).
CUID III.
TITHE DO THOGAIL DON LUCHT OIBRE.
Tithe Comhnaithe Nea-Shlaintiula
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil a cheangal ar dhuine tigh neashláintiúil do dheisiú.
19.—(1) Má bhíonn údarás áitiúil sásta, ar chúis a pléidhfear leo go hoifigiúil no ar thuarasgabháil o éinne dá n-oifigigh no ar eolas eile bheidh acu do bhreithniú, go bhfuil aon tigh comhnaithe ina gcomhnuíonn daoine den lucht oibre no is tigh de chineál do bheadh oiriúnach dá leithéidí chun comhnaithe ann, go bhfuil sé in aon tslí neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann, deanfaid, mara mbeid sásta nách féidir an tigh do dhéanamh oiriúnach amhlaidh ar chostas réasúnta, fógra do sheirbheáil ar an duine go n-urláimh an tighe á cheangal air na hoibreacha luaidhfear sa bhfógra do dhéanamh laistigh de pé am réasúnta, nách giorra ná lá is fiche, a luaidhfear sa bhfógra, agus á rá gurb é tuairim an údaráis áitiúla go mbeidh an tigh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann de bharr na n-oibreacha san.
(2) I dteanta fógra do sheirbheáil fén alt so ar an duine go n-urláimh an tighe, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil más rogha leo é cóip den fhógra do sheirbheáil ar éinne eile go mbeidh leas aige sa tigh pe'ca mar únaer i mbithdhílse é, no mar mhorgáistí, mar léasaí, no eile.
(3) Nuair a beifear á shocrú, chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so, an féidir ar chostas réasúnta tigh comhnaithe do dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann féachfar don chostas a measfar do sna hoibreacha is gá chun é do dhéanamh oiriúnach amhlaidh agus don méid a measfar is fiú an tigh nuair a bheidh na hoibreacha críochnuithe.
Fógra á cheangal ar dhuine deisiú do dhéanamh d'fheidhmiú.
20.—(1) Mara ndeintear beart do réir fógra fén alt deiridh sin roimhe seo á cheangal ar an duine go n-urláimh an tighe oibreacha do dhéanamh, ansan, tar éis deireadh na haimsire luaidhtear sa bhfógra no, má rinneadh athchomharc i gcoinnibh an fhógra agus gur daingníodh an fógra go n-atharú no gan atharú de bharr an athchomhairc sin, tar éis lae is fiche do bheith caithte o tugadh an bhreith dheiridh ar an athchomhare no tar éis deireadh pé tréimhse níos sia ná san a shocróidh an chúirt agus í ag tabhairt breithe ar an athchomharc, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil dul isteach sa tigh agus féadfaid féin an obair do dhéanamh ba ghá do réir an fhógra, no do réir an fhógra mar d'atharuigh an chúirt é, pe'ca aca é, do dhéanamh.
(2) Má bhíonn an t-údarás áitiúil ar tí dul isteach i dtigh comhnaithe fé fhorálacha an fho-ailt deiridh sin roimhe seo chun aon oibre do dhéanamh féadfaid fógra i scríbhinn do thabhairt don duine go n-urláimh an tighe agus, más oiriúnach leo é, d'éinne eile is únaer ar an tigh, á rá go bhfuil ar aigne acu san do dhéanamh agus más rud é, aon am tar éis seacht lá do bheith caithe o seirbheáladh an fógra san air agus faid a bheidh aon fhear oibre no connarthóir a bheidh ar fostú ag an údarás áitiúil ag déanamh oibreacha sa tigh, go mbeidh sa tigh, chun aon oibreacha do dhéanamh, éinne ar ar seirbheáladh an fógra no aon fhear oibre bheidh ar fostú aige-sean no ag aon chonnarthóir a bheidh ar fostú aige-sean tuigfear an lé ar ar seirbheáladh an fógra do bheith ag cur bac ar an údarás áitiúil agus iad ag feidhmiú an Achta so agus ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil ná raghaidh thar fiche púnt do chur air mara gcruthuighe sé chun sástachta na cúirte gur ina láthair a cúiseofar é go riabh dian-ghá leis na hoibreacha san do dhéanamh chun daoine sa tigh do chur o bhaol.
(3) Féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil aon chostaisí fé n-a raghaid fén alt so maraon le hús do réir pé ráta shocróidh an tAire tré ordú o am go ham le haontú an Aire Airgid, o dháta éilimh ar na costaisí do sheirbheáil go dtí go n-íocfar iad, féadfaid fe réir na nithe foráltar anso ina dhiaidh seo iad do bhaint, tré aicsean no ar an slí achmair mar fhiacha síbhialta, den duine go n-urláimh an tighe no más mar ghníomhaire no iontaobhaí do dhuine éigin eile gheibheann seisean cíos an tighe, ansan de sin no den duine eile sin no cuid díobh de sin agus an chuid eile den duine eile sin:
Ach má chruthuíonn an duine go n-urláimh an tighe—
(a) ná faghann sé an cíos ach mar ghníomhaire no mar iontaobhaí do dhuine éigin eile; agus
(b) ná fuil ar láimh aige thar ceann an duine eile sin, agus ná raibh o dháta an éilimh do sheirbheáil air, a dhóthain airgid chun éilimh iomláin an údaráis áitiúla do ghlanadh,
ní raghaidh a fhiachas thar suim iomlán an airgid atá no do bhí ar láimh aige mar adubhradh.
(4) Sna himeachta achmaire go léir a bhunóidh an t-údarás áitiúil chun aon chostaisí den tsórt san do bhaint amach, déanfar an aimsir gur laistigh di a féadfar na himeachta do bhunú d'áireamh o dháta an éilimh do sheirbheáil no, má deintear athchomharc in aghaidh an éilimh sin, o dháta an éilimh do theacht i ngníomh.
(5) Féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil le hordú a dhearbhú aon chostaisí den tsórt san do bheith iníoctha ina dtráthchoda seachtainiúla no eile laistigh de thréimhse nách sia ná triocha bliain maraon le hús, do réir pé ráta shocróidh an tAire tré ordú o am go ham le haontú an Aire Airgid, o dháta an éilimh do sheirbheáil do dtí go mbeidh an tsuim iomlán íoctha agus féadfar aon tráthchoda agus ús den tsórt san, no aon chuid díobh, do bhaint, ar an slí achmair mar fhiacha síbhialta, den duine go n-urláimh an tighe no de shealbhaire an tighe agus, más de shealbhaire bainfear iad, féadfaidh seisean iad do bhaint as cíos an tighe.
(6) Beidh suim aon chostaisí agus an úis ortha bheidh ag dul d'údarás áitiúil fén alt so ina muirear ar an áitreabh gur ina thaobh do chuathas fé sna costaisí, agus chun an mhuirir sin d'fheidhmiú beidh ag an údarás áitiúil na comhachta agus na leigheasanna céanna go léir do bheadh acu dá mba mhorgáistithe tré dhintiúir iad agus comhacht acu chun díolta agus chun léasuithe, chun glacadh le léasanna do bhéarfaí suas agus chun glacadóra do cheapadh.
(7) Ní dhéanfaidh aon ghníomh a déanfar fén alt so no fén alt deiridh sin roimhe seo dochar no deifir d'aon chomhachta eile bheidh ag an údarás áitiúil ná d'aon leigheas a bheidh ar fáil ag tionónta tighe chomhnaithe in aghaidh a thiarna talmhan, sa dlí chomónta ná eile.
Costaisí deisiúcháin do bhaint de shealbhaire.
21.—(1) I gcás éilimh chun costaisí do bhaint amach fé n-a ndeachaidh údarás áitiúil fén alt deiridh sin roimhe seo do theacht i ngníomh agus na costaisí sin no aon chuid díobh do bheith gan íoc, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, tar éis dóibh fógra deich lá ar a laighead do thabhairt don duine go n-urláimh an tighe gur ina thaobh do chuathas fé sna costaisí sin, fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe do sheirbheáil ar shealbhaire no ar shealbhairí an tighe sin, ag luadh suime na gcostaisí sin a bheidh gan íoc, agus á cheangal ar an sealbhaire no ar na sealbhairí sin aon chíos a bheidh dlite air no ortha an uair sin no a thiocfaidh chun bheith dlite air no ortha ina dhiaidh sin d'íoc leis an údarás áitiúil go dtí go mbeidh suim na gcostaisí sin maraon le hús ar bith a bheidh dlite uirthi aisíoctha go hiomlán.
(2) Má deintear aon fhógra den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo do sheirbheáil ar shealbhaire oibreoidh an tseirbheáil sin chun aistriú do dhéanamh chun an údaráis áitiúla ar an aon cheart chun an chíosa, gur gá do réir an fhógra san é d'íoc leis an údarás áitiúil, do bhaint amach agus do ghlacadh agus chun cúiteántais do thabhairt ann.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil tigh folamh 'na mbeidh costaisí dlite ina thaobh do chur ar cíos.
22.—(1) Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil go mbeidh costaisí ar bith dlite dhóibh alos oibre do dhéanamh fé alt 20 den Acht so ar thigh a bheidh folamh no tar éis teacht folamh, féadfaid, má bhíd sásta nách féidir na costaisí sin do bhaint den duine go n-urláimh an tighe agus tar éis dóibh fógra lae is fiche i scríbhinn do thabhairt don duine sin go bhfuil ar aigne acu san do dhéanamh, an tigh do chur ar cíos in ainm an duine sin le duine ciriúnach ar pé cíos, téarmaí agus coinníollacha agus ar feadh pé tréimhse is dóich leis an údarás áitiúil is ceart ag féachaint do chúrsaí agus do chineál aon tionóntachta bhí sa tigh roimhe sin.
(2) Déarfar i ngach fógra den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo an chíos-tréimhse dá mbeidh agus na téarmaí agus na coinníollacha ar a mbeidh an t-údarás áitiúil chun an tighe do chur ar cíos.
(3) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo agus chun na gcrícheanna san amháin tuigfear gurab é an t-údarás áitiúil gníomhaire an duine go n-urláimh an tighe agus comhacht acu an tigh do chur ar cíos gan a chead agus foluíonn an focal “tigh,” i gcás tighe cuirtear ar cíos do ghnáth ina sheomraí ar leithligh, cuid de thigh.
(4) Féadfaidh éinne ar a ngoillfe sé údarás áitiúil do bheith chun tighe do chur ar cíos fén alt so athchomharc do dhéanamh chun na Cúirte Cuarda laistigh de lá is fiche tar éis dáta an fhógra luaidhtear i bhfo-alt (1) den alt so do sheirbheáil agus féadfaidh an Chúirt pé ordú do dhéanamh sa scéal is dóich léi do bheith cóir agus réasúnta ach ní bheidh dul thar breith na Cúirte agus ní féadfar aon athchomharc do dhéanamh ina coinnibh.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil a ordú tigh neashláintiúil do leagadh.
23.—(1) Má bhíonn údarás áitiúil sásta, ar chúis a pléidhfear leo go hoifigiúil no ar thuarasgabháil o éinne dá n-oifigigh no ar eolas eile bheidh acu do bhreithniú, go bhfuil aon tigh comhnaithe ina gcomhnuíonn daoine den lucht oibre no is tigh de chineál do bheadh oiriúnach dá leithéidí chun comhnaithe ann, go bhfuil sé neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann agus nách féidir é do dhéanamh oiriúnach amhlaidh ar chostas réasúnta seirbheálfaid ar an duine go n-urláimh an tighe agus ar éinne eile is únaer air agus, sa mhéid gur féidir go réasúnta a fháil amach cé hiad, ar gach éinne de mhorgáistithe an tighe sin, fógra i dtaobh an ama (eadhon, am éigin nách giorra ná lá is fiche tar éis an fhógra do sheirbheáil) agus na háite ina mbreithneoid staid an tighe agus aon tairisgint is mian le héinne acu san do chur fé n-a mbráid maidir le hoibreacha do dhéanamh no maidir le húsáid do dhéanamh den tigh ina dhiaidh sin, agus beidh gach duine ar a seirbheálfar fógra den tsórt san i dteideal éisteacht d'fháil nuair a bheidh an scéal á bhreithniú amhlaidh.
(2) Más rud é gur oiriúnach leis an údarás áitiúil san do dhéanamh tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle le haon únaer no morgáistí féadfaid glacadh le geallúint uaidh go ndéanfa sé, laistigh d'aimsir áirithe, pé oibreacha is dóich leis an údarás áitiúil a dhéanfaidh an tigh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no, neachtar acu, ná húsáidfear é mar áit chomhnaithe do dhaoine go dti go ndéanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, ar bheith sásta dhóibh go ndearnadh oiriúnach chuige sin é, an gheallúint do chur ar nea-mbrí.
(3) Mara nglacaidh an t-údarás áitiúil le haon gheallúint den tsórt atá luaidhte sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo no, más rud é, i gcás in ar ghlacadar le geallúint den tsórt san, ná déanfar, laistigh den tréimhse bheidh luaidhte, aon obair áirithe le n-a mbaineann an gheallúint, no go n-úsáidfear an tigh aon uair contrárdha do théarmaí na geallúna, déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil láithreach ordú leagtha le n-a n-éileofar an tigh d'fhágaint laistigh de thréimhse luaidhfear san ordú agus nách giorra ná ocht la ar fhichid o dháta an orduithe do theacht i ngníomh agus é do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh laistigh de shé sheachtaine tar éis deireadh na tréimhse sin no, mara bhfágtar an tigh roimh dheireadh na tréimhse sin, laistigh de shé sheachtaine tar éis an dáta ar a bhfágfar é no, i gceachtar cás acu, laistigh de pé tréimhse níos sia ná san gur dóich leis an údarás áitiúil é do bheith réasúnta sa chás é do luadh agus seirbheálfaid an t-ordú ar gach duine gur ghá dhóibh do réir fo-ailt (1) den alt so fógra do bhéarfaidís amach fén bhfo-alt san do sheirbheáil air.
Tuigfear seomra fé thalamh do bheith ina thigh atá neamhoiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann.
24.—(1) Aon tseomra a húsáidtear do ghnáth mar áit chodlata agus go bhfuil uachtar a urláir breis is trí troithe níos ísle ná uachtar na coda san den tsráid atá sínte leis an seomra no is goire don tseomra, no breis is trí troithe níos ísle ná uachtar aon tailimh laistigh de naoi dtroithe ón seomra, tuigfear chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so gur tigh é atá neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann má bhíonn an seomra—
(a) gan bheith ocht dtroithe ar a laighead ar aoirde, do réir mheánachta, o urlár go síleáil; no
(b) gan bheith do réir pé rialachán ordóidh an t-údarás áitiúil, le toiliú an Aire, chun a chur in áirithe go mbeidh aer agus solus go leor i seomraí den tsórt san agus go mbeidh cosaint acu ar thaise, ar effluvia, agus ar ghalú.
(2) Má theipeann ar údarás áitiúil rialacháin den tsórt san roimhráite, no rialacháin le n-a n-aontóidh an tAire, do dhéanamh tar éis don Aire san do cheangal ortha féadfaidh an tAire féin iad do dhéanamh agus na rialacháin a déanfar amhlaidh beidh éifeacht acu fé is dá mb'é an t-údarás áitiúil do dhéanfadh iad le toiliú an Aire.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil deighleáil le cuid d'fhoirgint.
25.—Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil, fén gCuid seo den Acht so, nithe den tsórt chéanna, go bhfuil comhacht acu iad do dhéanamh i dtaobh tighe chomhnaithe, do dhéanamh i dtaobh aon choda d'fhoirgint a bheidh curtha ar cíos chun daoine chun comhnaithe inti mar thionóntachán fé leith no i dtaobh aon tseomra fé thalamh go mbeidh sé le tuiscint, de bhuadh fo-ailt (1) d'alt 24 den Acht so, é do bheith neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann, ach beidh san fé n-a réir seo, ámh, i gcás ina ndéanfaidís ordú leagtha dá mba thigh comhnaithe bheadh i gceist isé dhéanfaid, más cuid d'fhoirgint a bheidh curtha ar cíos chun daoine chun comhnaithe ann mar thionóntachán fé leith a bheidh i gceist, ná ordú dúnta á thoirmeasc an chuid sin d'úsáid mar áit chomhnaithe do dhaoine agus isé dhéanfaid, más aon tseomra fé thalamh den tsórt san roimhráite bheidh i gceist, ná ordú dúnta á thoirmeasc an seomra d'úsáid mar áit chodlata; ach déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil ordú dúnta bheidh déanta acu amhlaidh do chur ar neambrí ar bheith sásta dhóibh go bhfuiltear tar éis na coda den fhoirgint no an tseomra le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú do dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann.
An nósimeachta leanfar má deintear ordú leagtha no ordú dúnta no má tugtar geallúint i dtaobh tighe d'úsáid.
26.—(1) Nuair a thiocfaidh ordú leagtha fén gCuid seo den Acht so i ngníomh déanfaidh únaer no únaerí an tighe le n-a mbaineann sé an tigh sin do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh chun sástachta an údaráis áitiúla laistigh den aimsir a bheidh ceaptha chuige sin leis an ordú; agus, mara ndeintear an tigh do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh amhlaidh laistigh den aimsir sin, raghaidh an t-údarás áitiúil isteach agus déanfaid an tigh do leagadh agus a láithreán do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh agus abhair an tighe do dhíol agus beidh feidhm ag forálacha fo-alt (2) (3) (4) agus (5) d'alt 8 den Acht so maidir le haon chostaisí fé n-a raghaidh an t-údarás fén bhfo-alt so agus le haon fharasbár fhanfaidh i lámha an údaráis áitiúla fé mar a bheidh feidhm acu maidir le haon chostaisí no farasbár i gcás ina leagfar foirgint do réir orduithe réiteachta.
(2) Einne gurb eol do ordú dúnta do bheith tagtha i ngníomh agus baint do bheith aige le haon áitreabh, no geallúint do bheith tugtha fén gCuid seo den Acht so ná húsáidfear aon áitreabh áirithe chun crícheanna áirithe bheidh luaidhte sa gheallúint, agus úsáidfidh an t-áitreabh san contrárdha do théarmaí an orduithe no na geallúna, no a cheadóidh é d'úsáid amhlaidh dlighfear, ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair, fíneáil ná raghaidh thar fiche púnt do chur air agus pionós breise de chúig púint in aghaidh gach lae no coda de lá úsáidfe sé amhlaidh é, no a cheadóidh sé é d'úsáid amhlaidh, tar éis a chiontuithe.
(3) Má tugtar geallúint fén gCuid seo den Acht so ná húsáidfear aon áitreabh áirithe mar áit chomhnaithe do dhaoine, ní dhéanfaidh éinní atá sna hAchtanna um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 go 1930, ná in aon achtachán a leasuíonn na hAchtanna san, éinne is únaer ar an áitreabh san do chosc ar sheilbh d'fháil ar an áitreabh san.
Athchomhairc.
27.—(1) Einne ar a ngoillfidh—
(a) fógra fén gCuid seo den Acht so le n-a éilítear oibreacha do dhéanamh;
(b) éileamh ar chostaisí do bhaint amach fé n-a ndeachaidh údarás áitiúil chun oibreacha do dhéanamh a bheidh luaidhte in aon fhógra den tsórt san;
(c) ordú do rinne údarás áitiúil i dtaobh aon chostaisí den tsórt san;
(d) ordú leagtha do rinneadh fén gCuid seo den Acht so;
(e) ordú dúnta do rinneadh amhlaidh, no diúltú d'ordú dúnta do chur ar nea-mbrí;
féadfa sé, laistigh de lá is fiche tar éis dáta seirbheála an fhógra, an éilimh no an orduithe, no tar éis an diúltuithe, pe'ca aca é, athchomharc do dhéanamh chun na Cúirte Cuarda, agus ní dhéanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil éinní, chun aon fhógra, éileamh, no ordú ’na ndéanfar athchomharc ina choinnibh d'fheidhmiú, sara mbeidh an bhreith dheiridh tugtha ar an athchomharc:
Ach—
(i) Ní déanfar ar athchomharc fé mhír (b) ná fé mhír (c) den fho-alt so aon cheist do tharrac anuas d'fhéadfaí a tharrac anuas ar athchomharc do bheith á dhéanamh i gcoinnibh an bhun-orduithe le n-ar héilíodh an obair do dhéanamh; agus
(ii) ní luighfidh athchomharc do dhéanamh fé mhír (d) ná fé mhír (e) den fho-alt so ar agra duine bheidh i seilbh an áitreibh, le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú, fé léas no fé chó-aontú nách sia ná trí bliana a mbeidh gan caitheamh dá théarma.
(2) In aon achchomharc chun na Cúirte Cuarda fén alt so—
(a) féadfaidh an chúirt pé ordú is oiriúnach léi do dhéanamh chun an fhógra, an éilimh, no an orduithe do dhaingniú no do chur ar neamh-ní no d'atharú, agus féadfaidh, más oiriúnach léi é, glacadh le haon gheallúint o athchomharcach den tsórt go bhféadfadh an t-údarás áitiúil glacadh léi agus aon gheallúint le n-a nglacfaidh an chúirt amhlaidh beidh éifeacht aici díreach fé is dá mba don údarás áitiúil a tabharfaí an gheallúint sin agus go nglacfadh an t-údarás áitiúil léi fén gCuid seo den Acht so; agus
(b) má ghéilleann an chúirt d'athchomharc i gcoinnibh fógra le n-a n-éilitear obair do dhéanamh ar thigh comhnaithe cuirfe sí ina breithiúntas, má iarrann an t-údarás áitúil uirthi é, breith ar ce'ca is féidir an tigh do dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann ar chostas réasúnta no nách féidir.
(3) Beidh gnás agus nós-imeachta na Cúirte Cuarda fén alt so do réir Rialacha Cúirte, agus beidh socrú sna rialacha maidir leis an gCúirt Chuarda d'iniúchadh an áitreibh le n-a mbaineann an t-athchomharc in aon chás in ar dóich leis an gcúirt gur mhaith an rud an t-iniúchadh san do dhéanamh.
(4) Tiocfaidh aon fhógra, éileamh, no ordú go bhféadfaí athchomharc do dhéanamh chun na Cúirte Cuarda ina choinnibh fén alt so i ngníomh ar bheith caithte don tréimhse d'aon lá is fiche atá luaidhte i bhfo-alt (1) den alt so, mara ndeintear aon athchomharc den tsórt san, agus ní bheidh dul thairis maidir le haon nithe fhéadfaí do tharrac anuas ar athchomharc den tsórt san, agus má dhaingníonn an Chúirt Chuarda aon fhógra, éileamh, no ordú go ndéanfar athchomharc ina choinnibh tiocfa sé i ngníomh, sa mhéid go ndaingneofar amhlaidh é, ón dáta ar a dtabharfar an bhreith dheiridh ar an athchomharc.
(5) Chun crícheanna na Coda so den Acht so tuigfear gurb ionann athchomharc do tharrac siar agus breith do thabhairt air go n-éifeacht den tsórt chéanna do bheadh ag breith do dhaingneodh an fógra, an t-éileamh no an t-ordú, no an bhreith, go ndearnadh athchomharc ina choinnibh.
(6) Ní luighfidh aon athchomharc fé alt 61 den Acht Cúirteanna Breithiúnais, 1924 (Uimh. 10 de 1924) i gcoinnibh breithe dhéanfaidh an Chúirt Chuarda fén alt so.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil tithe áirithe do cheannach agus do dheisiú.
28.—(1) Má dheineann duine ar bith athchomharc i gcoinnibh fógra fén gCuid seo den Acht so le n-a n-éilítear oibreacha do dhéanamh ar thigh chomhnaithe agus go bhfuighidh an Chúirt Chuarda, agus í ag géilleadh don athchomharc, nách féidir an tigh do dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann ar chostas réasúnta, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil an tigh sin do cheannach tré chó-aontú no féadfar údarás do thabhairt dóibh é do cheannach go héigeanta do réir forálacha an ailt seo agus, má cheannuíd an tigh go héigeanta, déanfaid láithreach na hoibreacha go léir do luadhadh sa bhfógra gur ina choinnibh a rinneadh an t-athchomharc.
(2) Féadfar, chun crícheanna an ailt seo, údarás do thabhairt d'údarás áitiúil tigh do cheannach tré ordú ceannaigh éigeanta déanfar agus a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire laistigh de shé mhí tar éis na breithe do thabhairt ar an athchomharc agus a dhaingneoidh seisean do réir forálacha an Dara Sceidil a ghabhann leis an Acht so; ach má dheineann éinne is únaer no is morgáistí ar an tigh a gheallúint na hoibreacha do luadhadh sa bhfógra gur ina choinnibh a rinneadh an t-athchomharc do dhéanamh chun sástachta an Aire agus laistigh de pé tréimhse shocróidh an tAire, ní dhaingneoidh an tAire an t-ordú ceannaigh éigeanta mara dteipidh ar an duine sin a gheallúint do chólíonadh.
(3) Isé cúiteamh a híocfar as aon tigh a ceannófar go héigeanta fén alt so ná an méid is fiú an láithreán, le linn na luachála do dhéanamh, mar láithreán glanta atá ar fáil chun é d'fheabhsú do réir a n-éilítear leis na fo-dhlithe tógála bheidh i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire sa cheanntar, agus fé réir adubhradh is do réir an Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht chun Talamh do Thógaint (Coiste Réitigh), 1925 (Uimh. 22 de 1925), a measfar é.
CUID IV.
Leasuithe Ilghneitheacha ar an Dli Bhaineann le Tithe do Thogaint don Lucht Oibre.
Dualgas údaráis áitiúla a gceanntar d'iniúchadh.
29.—Beidh sé de dhualgas ar gach údarás áitiúil a chur fé ndeár go ndéanfar a gceanntar d'iniúchadh o am go ham chun a fháil amach an bhfuil aon tigh comhnaithe ann neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann agus chuige sin beidh sé de dhualgas ar an údarás áitiúil agus ar gach oifigeach don údarás áitiúil na rialacháin do chólíonadh agus na breacacháin do choimeád ordóidh an tAire.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil eolas i dtaobh únaerachta áitreabh d'éileamh.
30.—Chun go bhféadfaidh údarás áitiúil aon fhógra (le n-a n-áirmhítear aon chóip d'aon fhógra) do sheirbheáil go n-údaruítear dóibh no go gceangailtear ortha le hAchtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre é do sheirbheáil, féadfaid a cheangal ar shealbhaire aon áitreibh, agus ar éinne do gheibheann cíos go díreach no go nea-dhíreach as aon áitreabh, an cineál leasa atá aige féin san áitreabh san do luadh i scríbhinn agus fós ainm agus seoladh éinne eile gur feasach do leas do bheith aige ann, pe'ca mar únaer i mbith-dhílse é no mar mhorgáistí no léasaí no eile, agus, éinne go gceanglóidh údarás áitiúil air do réir an ailt seo aon eolas do thabhairt dóibh agus go dteipfidh air an t-eolas san do thabhairt uaidh no dhéanfaidh go feasach aon mhí-ráiteas ina thaobh, dlighfear, ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair, fíneáil ná raghaidh thar cúig púint do chur air.
Coinníollacha tuigfear ar thigh do chur ar cíos chun comhnaithe ann.
31.—(1) In aon chonnradh déanfar tar éis an Achta so do rith chun tighe chomhnaithe do chur, chun comhnaithe ann, ar cíos nách mó ná—
(a) triocha púnt sa bhliain, i gcás tighe bheidh suidhte i gContae-Bhuirg Bhaile Atha Cliath no i mBuirg Dhún Laoghaire;
(b) cúig púint fhichead sa bhliain, i gcás tighe bheidh suidhte in aon áit eile;
tuigfear, in ainneoin aon chomha ina choinnibh sin, coinníoll do bheith ann go bhfuil an tigh, i dtosach na tionóntachta, oiriúnach do réir réasúin i ngach slí do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann, agus fós geallúint do bheith ann go ndéanfaidh an tiarna tighe é do choimeád amhlaidh ar feadh ré na tionóntachta ach ní dhéanfaidh éinní atá san alt so deifir d'fhreagarthacht tionónta no sealbhaire aon tighe den tsórt san in aon ghníomh no teip thoiliúil i leith an tionónta no an tsealbhaire sin tré n-a ndéanfar an tigh sin neamhoiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann:
Ach ní tuigfear an coinníoll agus an gheallúint roimhráite do bheith ann nuair a cuirfear tigh ar cíos ar feadh téarma nách giorra ná trí bliana ar na téarmaí go gcuirfidh an léasaí i riocht é ’na mbeidh sé oiriúnach do réir réasúin mar áit chomhnaithe, agus nách féidir le ceachtar de sna páirtithe an léas do chur ar ceal go ceann trí mblian.
(2) Tar éis do fógra ceithre huaire fichead a’ chluig do thabhairt i scríbhinn don tionónta no don tsealbhaire féadfaidh an tiarna tighe no éinne go n-údarás uaidh i scríbhinn dul isteach in aon áitreabh le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so aon tráth réasúnta den lá chun a staid agus a chor d'fheiscint.
(3) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “tiarna tighe” éinne dhéanfaidh, fé aon chonnradh dá dtagartar san alt so, aon tigh do chur ar cíos chun tionónta chun comhnaithe ann agus foluíonn sí a chomharbaí teidil, agus foluíonn an abairt “tigh comhnaithe” cuid de thigh.
Nithe breithneofar nuair a beifeará shocrú ce'ca tá tigh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no ná fuil.
32.—I gcás in ar gá, chun crícheanna Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre, a shocrú ce'ca tá tigh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no ná fuil féachfar don méid, más aon mhéid é, atá an tigh, toisc easba deisiúcháin no lochtaí sa chóir shláinteachais, gan bheith do réir forálacha aon fho-dhlithe atá i ngníomh i gceanntar an údaráis áitiúla ina bhfuil an tigh sin suidhte no gan bheith do réir caighdeáin ghenerálta tithe an lucht oibre sa cheanntar san.
Seilbh ar fhoirgintí do bhaint amach fé réir orduithe réiteachta no leagtha.
33.—(1) Má bhíonn ordú réiteachta no ordú leagtha tar éis teacht i ngníomh seirbheálfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, ar shealbhaire aon fhoirginte no aon choda d'aon fhoirgint le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú, fógra á rá cadé an bhrí atá leis an ordú agus ag luadh an dáta ar ar gá do réir an orduithe an fhoirgint d'fhágaint agus á cheangal air imeacht as an bhfoirgint roimh an dáta san no fé cheann ocht lá fichead o sheirbheáil an fhógra, pe'ca am acu san is déanaí; agus má bhíonn éinne i seilbh na foirginte no aon choda dhi aon am tar éis an dáta ar ar gá do réir an fhógra an fhoirgint d'fhágaint féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil no éinne is únaer ar an bhfoirgint gearán do dhéanamh le cúirt dlighinse achmaire agus leis sin ordóidh an chúirt le n-a barántas, ag a mbeidh an éifeacht chéanna do bheadh ag barántas fé alt a sé ochtód den Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860, an fhoirgint no an chuid di do thabhairt folamh don ghearánaí laistigh de pé tréimhse, nách giorra ná dhá sheachtain agus nách sia ná ceithre seachtaine, a shocróidh an chúirt.
(2) Aon chostaisí fé n-a raghaidh údarás áitiúil fén alt so chun seilbhe d'fháil ar aon fhoirgint no ar aon chuid d'fhoirgint, féadfaid iad do bhaint d'únaer na foirginte no, má bhíonn níos mó ná aon únaer amháin ann, d'únaerí na foirginte ar an slí achmair i láthair cúirte dlighinse achmaire agus beidh feidhm ag forálacha fo-alt (2), (4) agus (5) d'alt 8 den Acht so maidir le haon chostaisí den tsórt san fé mar a bheidh feidhm ag na forálacha san maidir le costaisí fé n-a raghaidh údarás áitiúil fén alt san.
(3) Einne gurb eol do ordú réiteachta no ordú leagtha do bheith tagtha i ngníomh agus baint do bheith aige le haon fhoirgint agus a raghaidh i seilbh na foirginte sin no aon choda dhi tar éis an dáta ar ar gá do réir an orduithe an fhoirgint sin d'fhágaint, no a cheadóidh d'éinne eile dul i seilbh amhlaidh tar éis an dáta san, dlighfear, ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair, fíneáil ná raghaidh thar fiche púnt do chur air, agus pionós breise de chúig púint in aghaidh gach lae no coda de lá leanfar i seilbh amhlaidh tar éis an chiontuithe sin.
Seilbh ar thithe agus ar fhoirgintí do bhaint amach chun crícheanna achtachán a bhaineann le tithe do thógaint don lucht oibre.
34.—(1) Ní tuigfear éinní atá sna hAchtanna um Méadú Cíosa agus Uis Mhorgáiste (Coscanna), 1923 go 1930, do bheith ag déanamh deifre do sna forálacha den Acht so bhaineann le seilbh d'fháil ar thigh go ndearnadh ordú réiteachta no ordú leagtha ina thaobh ná do bheith ag cur coisc le seilbh d'fháil ar thigh ar bith gur gá seilbh d'fháil air chun go bhféadfaidh údarás áitiúil a gcomhachta d'fheidhmiú fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre no chun a chur in áirithe go gcólíonfar aon fho-dhlithe bheidh déanta chun coisc do chur le hiomad daoine bheith i dtigh.
(2) Más gá d'údarás áitiúil, chun go bhféadfaid a gcomhachta fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre d'fheidhmiú, seilbh d'fháil ar aon fhoirgint no ar aon chuid d'fhoirgint is leo féin, féadfaid seilbh d'fháil uirthi ar shlí achmair (gan dochar d'aon tslí eile chun seilbhe d'fháil) fé alt a cúig déag den Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, pé áit ina mbeidh an fhoirgint no an chuid d'fhoirgint suidhte agus pé cíos a bheidh uirthi no pé saghas é téarma na tionóntachta.
Comhacht don Chúirt Chuarda léas do chur ar ceal má leagtar áitreabh.
35.—(1) Má bhíonn léas ar aon áitreabh 'na mbeidh ordú réiteachta no ordú leagtha do rinneadh fén Acht so tar éis teacht i ngníomh ina thaobh, féadfaidh an léasóir no an léasaí a iarraidh ar an gCúirt Chuarda gur laistigh dá líomatáiste dlighinse atá an t-áitreabh ordú do dhéanamh chun an léasa do chur ar ceal.
(2) Ar aon iarratas den tsórt san roimhráite do dhéanamh féadfaidh an Chúirt Chuarda más oiriúnach léi é, tar éis di caoi do thabhairt d'aon fho-léasaí chun éisteachta d'fháil, a ordú go gcuirfear an léas ar ceal gan coinníoll no fé réir pé téarmaí agus coinníollacha (ar a n-áirmhítear coinníollacha i dtaobh aon pháirtí sna himeachta d'íoc airgid le haon phairtí eile ionta mar chúiteamh no mar dhamáiste no eile) is dóich leis an gcúirt is cóir agus is cothrom d'fhorchur, ag cuimhneamh di ar cheartanna, ar oblagáidí, agus ar fhiachaisí na bpáirtithe fé seach fén léas, agus ar gach ní eile bhaineann leis an scéal.
(3) Beidh gnás agus nós-imeachta na Cúirte Cuarda fén alt so do réir Rialacha Cúirte.
(4) San alt so foluíonn an abairt “léas” fo-léas agus aon tionóntacht no có-aontú i gcóir léasa, fo-léasa no tionóntachta, agus léireofar na habairtí “léasóir,” “léasaí” agus “fo-léasaí” dá réir sin agus mar abairtí fholuíonn freisin duine ag a mbeidh teideal fé léasóir, fé léasaí, no fé fho-léasaí.
Comhacht d'údarás áitiúil liúntaisí do thabhairt do dhaoine áirithe cuirfear as a n-áit.
36.—Má cuirtear duine ar bith as aon tigh comhnaithe no foirgint eile le n-a mbaineann ordú réiteachta, ordú leagtha, no ordú dúnta, no do cheannuigh údarás áitiúil fé Chuid II den Acht so toisc é bheith i líomatáiste réiteachta no fé Chuid III den Acht so toisc nárbh fhéidir é dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin pé liúntas réasúnta is oiriúnach leo d'íoc leis an duine sin mar chabhair chun costaisí a aistrithe d'íoc; agus féadfaidh, le cead ón Aire, pé liúntas réasúnta is oiriúnach leo d'íoc freisin le héinne bheidh ag gabháil d'aon chéird no gnó in aon tigh comhnaithe no foirgint den tsórt san mar gheall ar an gcaillteanas is dóich leo bheidh air tré mar a cuirfear as dá chéird no dá ghnó toisc a bheith air imeacht as an tigh no as an bhfoirgint, agus ag meas an chaillteanais sin dóibh cuimhneoid ar an tréimhse le n-a mbeadh coinne do réir réasúin an t-áitreabh a bheidh ar seilbh aige do bheith ar fáil i gcóir a chéirde no a ghnótha agus ar ce'ca tá áitreabh eile do bheadh oiriúnach chuige sin ar fáil no ná fuil.
Talamh do cheannach chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890.
37.—(1) Chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin, ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, féadfar údarás do thabhairt d'údarás áitiúil talamh do cheannach go héigeanta tré ordú ceannaigh éigeanta dhéanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil agus a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire agus a dhaingneoidh seisean fé réir na bhforálacha atá sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so.
(2) Na forálacha den Acht so maidir le dleathacht ordú ceannaigh éigeanta agus le dáta a dteacht i ngníomh bainfid le horduithe ceannaigh éigeanta déanfar fén alt so.
(3) Aithghairmtear leis seo alt 57 d'Acht 1890 sa mhéid go mbaineann sé le talamh do thógaint in aon tslí seachas tré chó-aontú.
Talamh do thógaint ná beidh ag teastáil láithreach chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890.
38.—Le cead ón Aire agus fé réir aon choinníollacha fhorchuirfidh an tAire féadfaidh údarás áitiúil talamh do thógaint tré chó-aontú (ach ní ar aon tslí eile) chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin, ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, d'ainneoin ná beidh an talamh ag teastáil láithreach chun na gcrícheanna san.
Láithreáin tréigthe do thógaint agus cúiteamh d'íoc asta.
39.—(1) Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil láithreán tréigthe do thógaint tré chó-aontú le cead ón Aire, no go héigeanta, chun aon chríche de chrícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin, ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, d'ainneoin ná beidh an láithreán san ag teastáil láithreach chun na críche sin.
(2) Féadfaidh údarás áitiúil le cead ón Aire láithreán tréigthe thógfaid amhlaidh d'úsáid go sealadach mar fhaithche imeartha no siamsa do dhaoine den lucht oibre agus daoine eile go dtí go gcuirfear é chun na críche chun ar tógadh é.
(3) Má thógann údarás áitiúil láithreán tréigthe go héigeanta chun aon chríche de chrícheanna Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre, déanfar an cúiteamh a íocfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil as an láithreán san do thógaint do mheas do réir na bhforálacha atá i gCuid I den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus, fé réir adubhradh, is do réir an Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht chun Talamh do Thógaint (Coiste Réitigh), 1925 (Uimh. 22 de 1925), a déanfar é do mheas.
(4) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo cialluíonn an abairt “láithreán tréigthe” aon talamh atá suidhte i líomatáiste gur daoine den lucht oibre furmhór an lucht comhnaithe ann, no atá ana-chomhgarach do líomatáiste den tsórt san agus is—
(a) láithreán foirginte do leagadh no atá ina fothrach; no
(b) talamh ná dearnadh tithe do thógaint air agus nách féidir san do dhéanamh gan é do ghlanadh agus do leibhéaladh agus atá no is dócha thiocfaidh chun bheith sa riocht san go bhfuil no go mbeidh sé ina chráiteas no ina rud díobhálach don tsláinte toisc salachair, truflaise no rudaí nea-shláintiúla eile do bheith caithte air no toisc éinní eile; agus
(c) is talamh nár feabhsuíodh no nár hath-fheabhsuíodh i rith tréimhse de thrí bliana ar a laighead díreach roimh an am ar a shocróidh an t-údarás áitiúil, le rún, an talamh do thógaint.
Comhachta i dtaobh tithe do chur ar fáil.
40.—(1) Beidh ar chomhachta an údaráis áitiúla fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre chun cóiríochta comhnaithe do chur ar fáil comhacht chun na rudaí seo leanas do chur ar fáil agus do choinneáil i dtreo le toil an Aire agus, más mian san, i dteanta éinne eile, i dtaobh aon chóiríochta comhnaithe den tsórt san, sé sin le rá, aon fhoirgint a bheidh curtha in oiriúint mar shiopa, aon fhaithchí imeartha no faithchí siamsa, spásanna oscailte no foirgintí no talamh eile is dóich leis an Aire bheidh tairbheach maidir le riachtanaisí na ndaoine dá gcuirfear an chóiríocht chomhnáithe ar fáil.
(2) Nuair a bheidh an tAire ag toiliú le haon talamh no foirgint do chur ar fáil fén alt so féadfa sé, le hordú, aon fhorálacha reachtúla go n-atharuithe ar bith is gá ortha do chur i mbaint leis an talamh no leis an bhfoirgint sin do bhainfeadh leis dá mba fé aon achtachán a thugann comhachta d'aon údarás áitiúil chuige sin do cuirfí an talamh no an fhoirgint sin ar fáil.
Comhacht chun dul isteach ar thailte a beartófar do thógaint.
41.—(1) Má bhíonn údarás ag údarás áitiúil, tre ordú ceannaigh éigeanta do rinneadh agus do daingníodh fé Chuid II den Acht so, no fé Chuid III d'Acht 1890 mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, talamh do cheannach go héigeanta chun crícheanna na Coda san, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, aon uair tar éis don ordú san teacht i ngníomh, agus ar fhógra ceithre lá déag ar a laighead do thabhairt i scríbhinn d'únaer agus do shealbhaire an tailimh, dul isteach agus seilbh do thógaint ar an talamh no ar an gcuid sin de bheidh luaidhte sa bhfógra, gan cead d'fháil roimh ré agus gan forálacha Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan, mar a leasuítear iad leis an gcuid sin d'Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre bhaineann le dul isteach ar thailte, do chólíonadh roimh ré agus tuigfear, ar aon fhógra den tsórt san do sheirbheáil, go bhfuil an t-údarás áitiúil tar éis a chur in úil go bhfuilid chun an tailimh do cheannach, agus dlighfid an cúiteamh céanna d'íoc do dhlighfidís d'íoc dá ndeintí na forálacha san d'Achtanna na gClásanna Talamhan do chólíonadh, maraon le hús ar an gcúiteamh san o chuathas isteach amhlaidh.
(2) Má chó-aontuíonn údarás áitiúil talamh do cheannach chun crícheanna Coda II den Acht so no Coda III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, no má chinnid talamh do leithreasú chun ceachtar den dá chrích sin, fé réir leasa an té bheidh i seilbh air, agus nách mó an leas san ná leas tionónta ar feadh bliana no o bhliain go bliain, ansan, aon am tar éis an chó-aontuithe sin do dhéanamh no tar éis don Aire aontú leis an leithreasú san, féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, tar éis dóibh fógra lae is fiche do thabhairt i scríbhinn don té bheidh i seilbh amhlaidh, dul isteach agus seilbh do thógaint ar an talamh no ar an gcuid sin de bheidh luaidhte sa bhfógra gan cead d'fháil roimh ré, ach beidh san fé réir íoca do dhéanamh, leis an té bheidh i seilbh amhlaidh, sa chúiteamh céanna maraon le hús den tsórt san roimhráite air do híocfaí dá n-údaruítí don údarás áitiúil an talamh do cheannach go héigeanta agus go gceanglófaí ar an duine sin do réir na comhachta san imeacht as seilbh sara mbeadh a théarma no a leas sa talamh caithte, ach ní gá forálacha Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan, mar a leasuítear iad leis an gcuid sin d'Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre bhaineann le dul isteach ar thailte, do chólíonadh.
Comhacht chun dul isteach ar thailte chun suirbhéireachta, etc., do dhéanamh.
42.—Féadfaidh duine ar bith go n-údarás i scríbhinn ón údarás áitiúil, agus an chríoch no na crícheanna áirithe chun a mbeidh an dul-isteach údaruithe luaidhte san údarás san, féadfa sé, ar fhógra ceithre huaire fichead a’ chluig do thabhairt don tsealbhaire agus don únaer, más eol cé hé an t-únaer, go bhfuil sé chun san a dhéanamh, dul isteach in aon tigh, áitreabh, no foirgint gach tráth réasúnta—
(a) chun suirbhéireachta no luachála do dhéanamh i gcás tithe, áitreabhacha no foirgintí go mbeidh údarás ag an údarás áitiúil iad do cheannach go héigeanta fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre; no
(b) chun suirbhéireachta agus scrúduithe do dhéanamh i gcás tighe ar bith gur seirbheáladh ina thaobh fógra á éileamh oibreacha do dhéanamh no go ndearnadh ordú réiteachta, ordú leagtha no ordú dúnta ina thaobh; no
(c) chun suirbhéireachta agus scrúduithe do dhéanamh má chítear don údarás áitiúil gur gá suirbhéireacht no scrúdú do dhéanamh chun a shocrú ar cheart aon chomhachta fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre d'fheidhmiú maidir le haon tigh, áitreabh no foirgint.
Beidh Baile-Choimisinéirí ina n-údarás áitiúil chun crícheanna Coda I agus II d'Acht 1890.
43.—(1) Chun crícheanna Coda I agus Coda II d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-airmhítear an tAcht so, beidh Baile-Choimisinéirí aon bhaile fén Town Improvements (Ireland) Act, 1854, ina n-údarás áitiúil agus beidh acu, chun crícheanna na gCodanna san d'Acht 1890, agus iad leasuithe amhlaidh, na comhachta céanna chun iasachtaí d'fháil agus chun airgid do chruinniú i gcóir costaisí a bronntar ortha leis na Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890.
(2) Chun aon tailimh do choimeád a thógfaid fé Chuid I no Cuid II d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, agus chun iad do dhul chun dlí agus chun daoine do dhul chun dlí leo i dtaobh an tailimh sin tuigfear na baile-choimisinéirí sin do bheith ina gcólucht corparáideach go síor-chomharbas agus beidh aon scríbhinn i dtaobh aon tailimh den tsórt san críochnuithe go cuibhe ag na baile-choimisinéirí sin má críochnuítear í sa tslí foráltar le halt 59 den Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, maidir le leithlithe dheineann coimisinéirí nách cólucht corparáideach.
(3) Sa mhéid go mbainfe sé le baile-choimisinéirí beidh éifeacht ag alt 100 d'Acht 1890 fé is dá ndeintí an tagairt atá ann do Chuid III d'Acht 1890 do léiriú mar thagairt do Chodanna I, II agus III d'Acht 1890 mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so.
Comhacht don Aire tuarasgabháil d'fháil ar aon líomatáiste ina bhfuil an iomad daoine.
44.—Má chítear don Aire go bhfuil sé oiriúnach, mar gheall ar iomadúlacht na ndaoine no mar gheall ar aon réasún eile, fiosrú do dhéanamh i dtaobh cúrsaí aon líomatáiste chun a shocrú ce'ca ba cheart aon chomhachta fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre d'fheidhmiú sa líomatáiste sin no nár cheart, féadfaidh an tAire a cheangal ar an údarás áitiúil tuarasgabháil do chur chuige ina mbeidh pé eolas ordóidh sé i dtaobh líon na ndaoine sa cheanntar agus i dtaobh nithe eile agus déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil rud ar an Aire agus déanfar aon chostaisí fé n-a raghaid, chun san do dhéanamh, d'íoc mar chostaisí fé n-a ndeachthas i bhfeidhmiú na coda san a chinnfidh an tAire d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so.
Comhacht don Aire fuirmeacha, etc., d'ordú agus a cheadú gan fógráin d'fhoillsiú ná fógraí do sheirbheáil.
45.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire, le hordú, rialacháin do dhéanamh ag ordú éinní is gá do réir Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre d'ordú agus fós ag ordú fuirme aon fhógra, fógráin no scríbhinne eile agus scála aon mhapa is gá no a húdaruítear d'úsáid no do thabhairt chun crícheanna na nAchtanna san no fútha.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire cead do thabhairt uaidh gan fógráin d'fhoillsiú ná fógraí do sheirbheáil go mbeidh sé ceangailte ar údarás áitiúil iad d'fhoillsiú no do sheirbheáil fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre má bhíonn sé sásta go bhfuil cúis réasúnta chun a cheadú gan iad d'fhoillsiú ná do sheirbheáil.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire aon chead den tsórt san do thabhairt uaidh roimh an am gur gá an fógrán d'fhoillsiú no gur gá an fógra do sheirbheáil no dá éis sin agus san gan coinníoll no ar pé coinníollacha is oiriúnach leis an Aire maidir le fógráin eile d'fhoillsiú no fógraí eile do sheirbheáil no maidir le éinní eile ach féachfaidh an tAire chuige go cuibhe ná tiocfaidh dochar do leasanna daoine ar bith as an gcead.
(4) Gach rialachán a dhéanfaidh an tAire fén alt so leagfar é fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a dhéanta, agus má dheineann ceachtar Tigh acu san, laistigh den lá is fiche shuidhfidh an Tigh sin ina dhiaidh sin, rún do rith ag cur an rialacháin sin ar nea-mbrí beidh an rialachán san curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin, ach beidh san gan dochar do dhleathacht éinní do rinneadh roimhe sin fén rialachán san.
Pionós mar gheall ar chosc do chur le deisiú, etc., do dhéanamh.
46.—(1) Más rud é, tar éis do fógra d'fháil i dtaobh an ghnímh a bheidh beartuithe, go ndéanfaidh duine ar bith—
(a) is sealbhaire ar aon áitreabh, únaer an áitreibh sin no a chuid oifigeach, gníomhairí, seirbhíseach, no fear oibre do chosc ar aon cheann d'fhorálacha Coda III den Acht so do chur in éifeacht maidir leis an áitreabh san; no
(b) is únaer no sealbhaire ar aon áitreabh, an dochtúir oifigiúil sláinte no aon oifigigh, gníomhairí, seirbhísigh no fir oibre leis an oifigeach san no leis an údarás áitiúil do chosc ar san do dhéanamh; no
(c) is iostaí in aon áitreabh, únaer an áitreibh sin no éinne eile, go mbeidh, do réir fo-dhlithe do rinneadh fé alt 20 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, aon oblagáidí maidir leis an áitreabh air, do chosc ar na hoblagáidí sin do chólíonadh,
féadfaidh cúirt dlighinse achmaire, ar a chruthú san, a ordú don duine sin a cheadú go ndéanfar san áitreabh gach ní is gá chun na bhforálacha san do chur in éifeacht no chun na n-oblagáidí sin do chólíonadh maidir leis an áitreabh.
(2) Má theipeann ar éinne den tsórt san déanamh do réir aon orduithe den tsórt san o chúirt dlighinse achmaire dlighfear, ar a chiontú ar an slí achmair, fíneáil ná raghaidh thar fiche púnt do chur air in aghaidh gach lae leanfaidh an teip.
Forálacha maidir le cúis oifigiúil do phlé.
47.—(1) Chun crícheanna an Achta so no Achta 1890 cialluíonn an abairt “cúis do phlé go hoifigiúil,” i gcás aon údaráis áitiúla, dochtúir oifigiúil an údaráis sin do phlé cúise leis an údarás san.
(2) Déanfaidh dochtúir oifigiúil sláinte údaráis áitiúla cúis do phlé go hoifigiúil leis an údarás áitiúil pé uair is dóich leis aon tigh comhnaithe ina líomatáiste do bheith neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no aon líomatáiste ina gceanntar do bheith ina líomatáiste gur cheart deighleáil leis mar líomatáiste réiteachta no mar líomatáiste feabhsúcháin; agus má dheineann aon cheathrar no níos mó toghthóirí rialtais áitiúla sa cheanntar gearán i scríbhinn leis an dochtúir oifigiúil sláinte go bhfuil aon tigh comhnaithe neamh-oiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no gur cheart deighleáil le haon líomatáiste mar líomatáiste réiteachta no mar líomatáiste feabhsúcháin, beidh sé de dhualgas air an tigh no an líomatáiste sin d'iniúchadh láithreach agus tuarasgabháil do thabhairt don údarás áitiúil ag luadh cúrsaí an scéil agus á rá ce'ca tá an tigh, do réir a thuairime, neamhoiriúnach do dhaoine chun comhnaithe ann no ná fuil, no ce'ca ba cheart, do réir a thuairime, deighleáil leis an líomatáiste mar líomatáiste réiteachta no mar líomatáiste feabhsúcháin no nár cheart; ach mara ndeintear aon ghearán den tsórt san ní shaorfaidh san é o n-a bheith air aon tigh comhnaithe no líomatáiste áirithe d'iniúchadh agus cúis do phlé leis an údarás áitiúil ina thaobh.
(3) Déanfaidh údarás áitiúil aon chúis a pléidhfear leo go hoifigiúil do bhreithniú chó luath agus is féidir é.
Luach saothair atúrnaethe as gno fe Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre.
48.—Mara ndeinidh an tAire in aon chás áirithe a mhalairt d'ordú no aontú le n-a mhalairt, beidh na costaisí is iníoctha ag údarás áitiúil i dtaobh tailimh do thógaint chun crícheanna Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre, beid fé réir an Orduithe Ghenerálta dar dáta an 16adh lá d'Abrán, 1884, mar a leasuítear é leis an Ordú Generálta dar dáta an 17adh lá de Bhealtaine, 1920, agus a rinneadh do réir an Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881, agus beidh feidhm dá réir sin ag forálacha an chéad Orduithe Ghenerálta san a luadhadh agus é leasuithe mar adubhradh, ach amháin Clás 6 agus Riail 11 i gCuid I de Sceideal I den Ordú san.
Fógraí, etc., do sheirbheáil.
49.—(1) Fé réir na bhforálacha d'Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre bhaineann le haon fhógra, gairm, rit no scríbhinn eile sa dlí no eile do sheirbheáil ar údaráis áitiúla, féadfar aon fhógra, ordú no scríbhinn eile a héilítear no a húdaruítear do sheirbheáil fé sna hAchtanna san do sheirbheáil—
(a) tré n-a sheachadadh don té ar a mbeidh sé le seirbheáil; no
(b) tré n-a fhágaint i ngnáth-áit chomhnaithe an duine sin no san áit chomhnaithe is déanaí is eol a bheith aige; no
(c) tré n-a chur tríd an bpost i litir chláruithe roimh-íoctha fé sheoladh ghnáth-áite comhnaithe an duine sin no na háite comhnaithe is déanaí is eol a bheith aige no, i gcás cuideachtan ionchorparuithe no cumainn chláruithe, chun rúnaí na cuideachtan no an chumainn fé sheoladh oifige cláruithe no príomh-oifige na cuideachtan no an chumainn; no
(d) más go dtí “únaer” no “sealbhaire” áitreibh a seolfar é, tré n-a sheachadadh do dhuine éigin san áitreabh no, mara mbeidh éinne san áitreabh ar a bhféadfar é sheirbheáil amhlaidh, ansan tré n-a ghreamú de chuid fheiceálaigh éigin den áitreabh.
(2) Aon fhógra, ordú no scríbhinn eile a héilítear no a húdaruítear le hAchtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre do sheirbheáil ar únaer no ar shealbhaire aon áitreibh, féadfar, fé réir adubhradh, é do sheoladh go dtí “únaer” no “sealbhaire” an áitreibh (á ainmniú) gan aon ainm ná tuairisc eile.
Baint fhorálacha ailt 11 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, a leasuíonn Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan.
50.—Bainfidh míreanna (1) go (8) agus mír (12) d'alt 11 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, a leasuíonn Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan maidir le hairgead ceannaigh d'íoc, talamh do leithliú agus nithe eile, bainfid le húdarás áitiúil do thógaint tailimh ar shlí seachas tré chó-aontú fé Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan, mar a leasuítear iad le hAchtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre, chun crícheanna na nAchtanna san sa tslí chéanna ina mbaineann na míreanna san le comhairle cheanntair do thógaint tailimh amhlaidh chun crícheanna Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930, ach go gcuirfear na focail “Lands Clauses Acts” in ionad na bhfocal “Land Purchase Acts” i mír (1) den alt san 11 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906.
Leasuithe ilghnéitheacha ar an Housing (Ireland) Act,1919.
51.—(1) Leasófar mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 8 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, tré sna focail “are suitable or” do chur isteach i ndiaidh an fhocail “which” sa mhír sin.
(2) Leasófar fo-alt (2) d'alt 8 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, tríd an mír seo leanas do chur leis:—
(iii) the lease or sale under the powers conferred by this Act to philanthropic societies or bodies of persons approved of by the Minister of any estate or interest in any houses which are suitable or might be made suitable as houses for the working classes with a view to such houses being maintained or being made suitable and maintained as houses for the working classes by such philanthropic societies or bodies of persons.
(3) Leasófar mír (ii) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 8 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, tré sna focail “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” do chur isteach i ndiaidh an fhocail “gardens” sa mhír sin.
(4) Leasófar mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 11 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, tré sna focail “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” do chur isteach i ndiaidh an fhocail “gardens” sa mhír sin.
(5) Beidh éifeacht ag fo-alt (2) d'alt 11 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, fé is dá ndeintí na focail o “subject to any condition” go dtí “thereon, and” d'fhágaint ar lár ann.
(6) Déanfaidh achtachán buan d'alt 17 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, a bhronnann comhachta ar Choimisinéirí na nOibreacha Puiblí in Éirinn iasachtaí do thabhairt do dhaoine príobháideacha, agus ní bheidh éifeacht feasta ag aon fhoráil atá in aon Acht atá i bhfeidhm ar dháta an Achta so do rith agus is foráil a chuireann teora leis an tréimhse fhanfaidh an t-alt san i bhfeidhm.
Údaráis áitiúla do dhéanamh oibreacha fé alt 20 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
52.—Má theipeann ar únaer no ar dhuine eile aon obair do dhéanamh do ceangladh air do dhéanamh fé fho-dhlithe do rinne údarás áitiúil do réir ailt 20 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, ansan, an t-údarás áitiúil a chuireann na fo-dhlithe sin i bhfeidhm, féadfaid, tar éis dóibh fógra nách giorra ná lá is fiche do thabhairt do i scríbhinn, na hoibreacha do dhéanamh iad féin agus na costaisí agus na caiteachaisí do bhaint amach agus chuige sin beidh feidhm ag na forálacha de Chuid III den Acht so bhaineann le húdaráis áitiúla d'fheidhmiú fógraí le n-a n-éilítear deisiú do dhéanamh agus do bhaint chaiteachaisí amach, beidh feidhm acu tar éis pé atharú do dhéanamh ortha is gá.
An cúiteamh a híocfar as tithe thógfaidh údarás áitiúil chucha do mheas.
53.—Má thógann údarás áitiúil chucha go héigeanta aon tigh a bheidh oiriúnach no d'fhéadfaí do dhéanamh oiriúnach do dhaoine den lucht oibre chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, is do réir na bhforálacha atá i gCuid II den Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so a measfar an cúiteamh is iníoctha as.
Mion-leasuithe agus leasuithe iarmartacha ar achtacháin i dtaobh tithe.
54.—Na leasuithe atá luaidhte sa Dara Colún den Cheathrú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so agus a bhaineann le nithe miona no iarmartacha déanfar iad in ailt agus i bhfo-ailt na n-achtachán i dtaobh tithe atá luaidhte sa Chéad Cholún den Sceideal san.
CUID V.
Iostain Sclabhaithe.
Ráta do mhéadú chun crícheanna Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930.
55.—(1) Leasófar alt 17 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, tré sna focail “two shillings” do chur ann in ionad na bhfocal “one shilling” sa choinníoll a ghabhann leis an alt san.
(2) Leasófar alt 12 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, tríd an bhfocal “sixpence” do chur in ionad an fhocail “three-pence” san alt san.
Oibriú ailt 15 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, do chur ar fiunraoi.
56.—(1) Cuirfear oibriú ailt 15 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, ar fiunraoi go ceann tréimhse cúig mblian o am an Achta so do rith agus má daingníodh aon ordú sealadach roimh an Acht so do rith no má daingnítear é tar éis an Achta so do rith ach roimh an tréimhse sin do bheith caithte, áirmheofar an t-am chun crícheanna an ailt sin fé is dá mb'ar an lá deiridh den tréimhse sin agus nach roimhe sin do daingneofaí an t-ordú.
(2) Ní dhéanfaidh éinní san alt so deifir d'aon cheart, oblagáid ná fiachas do fuarthas no d'fhás no fé n-a ndeachthas fén alt san 15 den Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, roimh an Acht so do rith agus go ndearnadh, chun é d'fheidhmiú, imeachta do thosnú in aon chúirt roimh an gcéad lá de Dheireadh Fomhair, 1931, agus go bhfuilid sin ar feitheamh le linn an Achta so do rith, agus féadfar leanúint d'aon imeachta den tsórt san fé is dá mba ná rithfí an tAcht so.
Comhacht do Choimisinéirí na nOibreacha Puiblí in Éirinn airgead do thabhairt ar iasacht chun crícheanna Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930.
57.—I bhfeidhmiú aon chomhachta bronntar ortha le hAchtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930, chun airgid d'fháil ar iasacht, féadfaidh údarás sláintíochta airgead d'fháil ar iasacht o Choimisinéirí na nOibreacha Puiblí in Éirinn agus féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí sin, le cead an Aire Airgid agus ar mholadh an Aire, an t-airgead san do thabhairt ar iasacht don údarás sláintíochta san fé sna Public Works (Ireland) Acts, 1831 to 1886, mar a leasuítear iad leis an Public Works Loans Act, 1897, agus in ainneoin éinní atá sna hAchtanna san féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí sin an iasacht san do thabhairt uatha ar feadh pé tréimhse agus do réir pé ráta úis ordóidh an tAire Airgid o am go ham.
Comhacht chun foirgintí do cheannach chun crícheanna Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930.
58.—In ainneoin éinní atá in Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930, feadfaidh údarás sláintíochta, ag gníomhú dhóibh i bhfeidhmiú na nAcht so, foirgint ar bith do thógaint chucha, le cead an Aire, chun cóiríochta comhnaithe do chur ar fáil do sclábhaithe talmhaíochta, agus féadfaid aon fhoirgint den tsórt san a thógfaid chucha amhlaidh d'atharú, do mhéadú, d'fheasbhsú no do dheisiú chun na foirginte sin do dhéanamh oiriúnach ar gach slí mar áit chomhnaithe do sclábhaithe talmhaíochta.
CUID VI.
Tithe Beaga Comhnaithe d'Fhail.
Iasachtaí do dhaoine bheidh chun tithe do thógáil fé sna Small Dwellings Acquisition (Ireland) Acts,1899 and 1919.
59.—(1) Beidh éifeacht ag an Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, fé mar a leasuítear é leis an Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, fé réir na leasuithe seo leanas:—
(a) Féadfar iasacht fé sna hAchtanna san do thabhairt do dhuine bheidh chun tighe do thógáil, agus sa chás san déanfar an coinníoll atá sna hAchtanna san nách foláir don té dá dtabharfar an iasacht bheith ina chomhnaí sa tigh do léiriú mar choinníoll nách foláir don duine bheith ina dhuine atá chun comhnaithe sa tigh nuair a bheidh sé tógtha;
(b) An coinníoll reachtúil a cheanglann ar dhílseánach tighe gur tugadh iasacht ina chóir comhnaí sa tigh beidh éifeacht aige go ceann tréimhse trí mblian o dháta na hiasachta do thabhairt no o dháta an tighe do chríochnú pe'ca aca is déanaí, ach ní níos sia ná san, agus féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil aon uair cead do thabhairt gan an coinníoll so do chólíonadh;
(c) Má tugtar iasacht i gcóir tighe agus an tigh á thógáil féadfar an iasacht do thabhairt ina tráthchoda o am go ham do réir mar a bheidh an tigh á thógáil, i dtreo ná beidh iomlán na hiasachta, aon am roimh an tigh do chríochnú, níos mó ná caoga per centum de luach na hoibre beidh déanta an t-am san ag tógáil an tighe agus an méid is fiú an leas a bheidh, i láithreán an tighe, ag an té dá dtabharfar an iasacht d'áireamh mar chuid den luach san;
(d) Duine do gheobhaidh iasacht fé sna hAchtanna san ní bheidh sé dí-cháilithe dá dheascaibh sin amháin chun é thogha mar bhall ná chun bheith ina bhall den údarás áitiúil do bhéarfaidh an iasacht san do no de choiste ar bith den údarás áitiúil sin.
(2) Aithghairmtear leis seo mír (c) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 15 den Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899.
Méadú ar luach tithe go bhféadfar iasachtaí do thabhairt ina gcóir.
60.—Déanfar fo-alt (1) d'alt 1 den Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, mar a leasuítear é leis an Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, do leasú tré mhíle punt do chur ann in ionad ocht gcéad punt mar theora le margadh-luach tithe go bhféadfar iasachtaí do thabhairt ina gcóir.
CUID VII.
Leasuithe ar Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930.
Méid iomlán na ndeontas fé Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930, do mhéadú.
61.—Athghairmtear leis seo alt 4 d'Acht na dTithe, 1930, agus ina ionad san achtuítear leis seo nách mó ná suim milleoin agus dhá chéad is ochtó míle punt a bheidh méid iomlán na ndeontas a deonadh no a deonfar fé alt 3 d'Acht na dTithe, 1925 (Uimh. 12 de 1925), mar a leasuítear é le halt 3 d'Acht na dTithe, 1928 (Uimh. 31 de 1928), maraon le méid iomlán na ndeontas a deonadh no a deonfar fé alt 3 d'Acht na dTithe, 1929 (Uimh. 12 de 1929).
An tréimhse chun daoine príobháideacha do thógaint tithe d'fhaidiú.
62.—Sa mhéid go mbainfe sé le tithe thógann daoine príobháideacha beidh éifeacht ag an gCéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht na dTithe, 1929 (Uimh. 12 de 1929), mar a leasuítear é le halt 5 d'Acht na dTithe, 1930 (Uimh. 22 de 1930), fé is dá gcuirtí an riail seo leanas isteach ann, agus déanfar an Sceideal san agus fós alt 2 den chéad Acht san a luaidhtear do léiriú agus beidh éifeacht acu dá réir sin, sé sin le rá:—
4. Tar éis an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1929, a tosnófar tógáil tighe agus ar no roimh an 29adh lá d'Fheabhra, 1932, a críochnófar é.
Leanúint de chongnamh do thabhairt do dhaoine príobháideacha bheidh ag tógáil tithe.
63.—(1) In ainneoin éinní atá in Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930, mar a leasuítear iad leis an Acht so, féadfaidh an tAire, fé alt 3 d'Acht na dTithe, 1929 (Uimh. 12 de 1929), mar a hatharuítear é leis an alt so, leanúint de dheontaisí do dheonadh do dhaoine príobháideacha bheidh ag tógáil tithe le n-a mbaineann an tAcht san mar a hatharuítear é leis an alt so.
(2) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo cuirfear suim chúig míle fichead punt le méid iomlán na ndeontas a deonadh no a deonfar fé Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930, mar a leasuítear iad leis an Acht so.
(3) Chun crícheanna an ailt seo beidh éifeacht ag Acht na dTithe, 1929 (Uimh. 12 de 1929), fé réir na n-atharuithe seo leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) Beidh éifeacht ag mír (a) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 3 den Acht san fé is dá gcuirtí “£20” ann in ionad “£45”;
(b) Ní bheidh feidhm ag míreanna (b), (c) ná (d) d'fho-alt (1) ná ag fo-alt (3) d'alt 5 ná ag fo-ailt (1) ná (2) d'alt 7 den Acht san;
(c) Ní dheonfaidh an tAire aon deontas fén Acht san mara ndeinidh an t-údarás áitiúil gur laistigh dá líomatáiste feidhmiúcháin a tógfar an tigh deontas is ionann suim le deontas an Aire do dheonadh i gcóir an tighe;
(d) Cuirfear na rialacha so leanas in ionad rialacha 2 agus 4 den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht san:—
2. Ní bheidh achar urláir tighe níos lugha ná 500 troigh cheárnach ná níos mó ná—
(a) 950 troigh cheárnach, más i gcontae-bhuirg, i mbuirg, i mbailecheanntar no i mbaile tógfar an tigh sin; no
(b) 1,250 troigh cheárnach más in aon áit eile tógfar an tigh sin;
4. Is ar an 1adh lá de Dheireadh Fomhair, 1931, no dá éis sin a tosnófar tógáil an tighe agus is tar éis an 29adh lá d'Fheabhra, 1932, ach roimh dhul in éag don alt so críochnófar é.
(4) Leanfaidh an t-alt so i bhfeidhm go dtí an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1933, agus raghaidh in éag ansan.
CUID VIII.
Foralacha Airgeadais.
Rann-íocanna Stáit mar chabhair chun íoctha na gcostas a bhainfidh le tithe do chur ar fáil don lucht oibre.
64.—(1) Féadfaidh an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgid, ranníocanna nách mó ná na suimeanna luaidhtear anso ina dhiaidh seo do thabhairt ar feadh tréimhsí nách sia ná na tréimhsí luaidhtear anso ina dhiaidh seo d'údaráis áitiúla agus do chumainn mhaitheasa puiblí, as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, mar chabhair chun íoctha na gcostas fé n-a ndeachadar chun tithe do chur ar fáil don lucht oibre agus do sclábhaithe talmhaíochta, sé sin le rá:—
(a) i gcás tithe le n-a mbaineann an mhír seo agus do tógadh i gcóir daoine do cuireadh as a n-áit tré éinní do rinne údarás áitiúil fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre—
(i) dachad per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná cúig bliana déag agus trí triochad go dtrian per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta ar feadh tréimhse leanúnaighe ina dhiaidh sin nách sia ná dhá bhliain fhichead má bhíonn dhá thionóntachán ar leithligh no níos mó i ngach tigh fé leith acu san, agus más é talamh ar ar tógadh iad ná talamh do ceannuíodh fé Chuid II den Acht so toisc gur talamh é do bhí i líomatáiste réiteachta no timpealuithe aige no ag síneadh leis no talamh le n-a mbaineann scéim feabhsúcháin do rinneadh agus do daingníodh fé Chuid I d'Acht 1890 roimh an Acht so do rith no. le toiliú an Aire, aon talamh eile;
(ii) triocha per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná cúig bliana déag agus fiche per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta ar feadh tréimhse leanúnaighe ina dhiaidh sin nách sia ná cúig bliana déag mara mbeidh ach aon tionóntachán amháin i ngach tigh fé leith acu san;
(b) i gcás tithe le n-a mbaineann an mhír seo agus nách chun na críche luaidhtear i mír (a) dhe seo do tógadh iad, fiche per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná trí bliana déag agus cúig déag per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta ar feadh tréimhse leanúnaighe ina dhiaidh sin nách sia ná cúig bliana;
(c) i gcás tithe le n-a mbaineann an mhír seo agus nách chun na críche luaidhtear i mír (a) dhe seo do tógadh iad agus nách tithe iad le n-a mbaineann mír (b), cúig déag per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná fiche bliain;
(d) i gcás tithe do thóg údarás áitiúil fé Achtanna na Sclábhaithe (Éirinn), 1883 go 1930, tar éis an Achta so do rith, i gcóir sclábhaithe talmhaíochta, fiche per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná cúig bliana triochad;
(e) i gcás tithe do thóg cumann maitheasa puiblí agus gur tar éis an Achta so do rith do tosnuíodh ar iad do thógáil, cúig déag per centum de mhuirir bhliantúla na hiasachta i dtaobh na dtithe sin ar feadh tréimhse nách sia ná fiche bliain.
(2) Beidh feidhm ag an bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, fé réir na bhforálacha atá ann, mar leanas:—
(a) Bainfidh mír (a) dhe le tithe do thóg údarás áitiúil fé Chuid III d'Acht 1890, mar a leasuítear é le haon Acht ina dhiaidh sin, ar a n-áirmhítear an tAcht so, agus—
(i) do tógadh fé scéimeanna um thithe gur tar éis an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1931, agus roimh an Acht so do rith do cheaduigh an tAire na hiasachtaí ina gcóir; no
(ii) gur tar éis an Achta so do rith do tosnuíodh ar iad do thógáil agus do críochnuíodh iad;
(b) Bainfidh mír (b) dhe le tithe do thóg údarás áitiúil fé Chuid III d'Acht 1890, agus é leasuithe mar adubhradh, fé scéimeanna um thithe gur i rith na tréimhse idir an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1931, agus am an Achta so do rith do cheaduigh an tAire na hiasachtaí ina gcóir;
(c) Bainfidh mír (c) dhe le tithe do thóg údarás áitiúil fé Chuid III d'Acht 1890, agus é leasuithe mar adubhradh, agus gur tar éis an Achta so do rith do tosnuíodh ar iad do thógáil agus do críochnuíodh iad.
(3) Ní íocfaidh an tAire aon rann-íoc fén alt so mar chabhair chun íoctha na gcostas fé n-a ndeachaidh údaráis áitiúla no cumainn mhaitheasa puiblí chun aon tithe do thógáil go ndearna an tAire no gur gheall sé deontaisí d'íoc ina gcóir fé Achtanna na dTithe, 1925 go 1930.
(4) Má dheineann údarás áitiúil, fé alt 8 den Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht so, aon tigh a bheidh oiriúnach no d'fhéadfaí dhéanamh oiriúnach mar thigh don lucht oibre do cheannach chun é do thabhairt ar léas do chumann daoncharadach no do chólucht daoine le n-a mbeidh an tAire sásta, no chun é do dhíol leis an gcumann no leis an gcólucht san, d'fhonn go gcoimeádfaidís sin i dtreo é no go ndéanfaidís oiriúnach é mar thigh don lucht oibre, féadfaidh an tAire, le toiliú an Aire Airgid, agus as airgead a sholátharóidh an tOireachtas, ach gan dul thar maximum de dhá chéad punt, suim do dheonadh nách mó ná leath na gcostas fé n-a raghaidh an t-údarás áitiúil chun an tighe sin do cheannach agus leath aon chostaisí fé n-a raghaidh an t-údarás áitiúil sin no an cumann no an cólucht daoine sin chun an tighe sin d'atharú, do mhéadú, d'fheabhsú no do dheisiú más ar shlí seachas as airgead do fuarthas ar iasacht a híocfar na costaisí sin sa mhéid gur údarás áitiúil a raghaidh fútha.
(5) Déanfaidh an tAire, le haontú an Aire Airgid, rialacháin le n-a rialófar rann-íocanna agus deontaisí do dheonadh agus le n-a bhforchuirfear coinníollacha agus sriantachtaí i dtaobh a ndeonta fén alt so agus féadfar, le haon rialacháin den tsórt san, an ráta maximum úis agus maximum aon iasachta d'ordú d'fhonn teora do chur leis an méid de rann-íoc a bheidh bunuithe ar mhuirir bhliantúla iasachta.
(6) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “muirir bhliantúla iasachta” na suimeanna is iníoctha ag údarás áitiúil no ag cumann maitheasa puiblí, pe'ca aca é, i rith bliana airgeadais áitiúla in aisíoc aon iasachta (maraon le muirir úis) do gheobhaidh an t-údarás no an cumann san ar iasacht chun tithe le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so do chur ar fáil, agus foluíonn sí aon tsuimeanna is iníoctha isteach i gciste fiach-laigheaduithe, i gciste fuascailte no i gciste eile den tsórt san a bunófar chun aon iasachta den tsórt san d'aisíoc, agus tá an chiall chéanna leis an abairt “cumann maitheasa puiblí” atá leis an abairt “public utility society” sa Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
Rátaí ar thithe beaga comhnaithe do mhaitheamh.
65.—(1) I ngach bliain de sna seacht mbliana airgeadais áitiúla tar éis tighe chomhnaithe le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so do luacháil chun a rátuithe déanfaidh údarás áitiúil go gcomhacht gearrtha rátaí dhá dtrian na rátaí is inghearrtha alos an tighe sin ag an údarás áitiúil an bhliain sin do mhaitheamh.
(2) Baineann an t-alt so le haon tigh comhnaithe gur tar éis an Achta so do rith a tosnófar ar é thógáil agus a críochnófar é agus nách mó ná 1,250 troigh cheárnach an t-achar urláir a bheidh ann, ach ní bhaineann le haon tigh den tsórt san a thógfaidh údarás áitiúil fé Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre ná fé sna Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, mar a leasuítear leis an Acht so iad.
(3) Ní bhainfidh alt 12 den Acht Rialtais Áitiúla, 1927 (Uimh. 3 de 1927) ná alt 13 d'Acht na dTithe (Gaeltacht), 1929 (Uimh. 41 de 1929) le haon tigh comhnaithe le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so.
(4) Is do réir pé rialacha ordóidh an tAire a déanfar amach achar urláir tighe chomhnaithe chun crícheanna an ailt seo.
Ciste Tithe na hÉireann do leith-roinnt.
66.—Na suimeanna dhlighfidh aon údarás áitiúil d'íoc no do chur i leataoibh alos airgid do fuair an t-údarás san ar iasacht chun tithe do thógáil fé fhorálacha Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre go ndeonfaidh an tAire rann-íocanna fén Acht so chun íoctha na gcostas a bhainfidh le hiad do chur ar fáil, ní háirmheofar iad mar chuid den mhuirear bhliantúil i dtaobh tithe a bheidh ar an údarás san do réir bhrí ailt 5 den Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908.
CEAD SCEIDEAL.
Orduithe Reiteachta.
1. Is sa bhfuirm orduithe bheidh ordú réiteachta agus beidh tuairisc ann do réir mhapa ar an líomatáiste le n-a mbaineann agus socrófar leis, do réir an dáta ar a dtiocfaidh i ngníomh, an tréimhse, nách giorra ná ocht lá fichead ón dáta san, gur laistigh di éilíonn an t-údarás áitiúil na foirgintí sa líomatáiste d'fhágaint chun go leagfar iad, agus chuige sin féadfar malairt tréimhsí do shocrú leis i gcóir malairt foirgintí.
2. Sara gcuiridh an t-údarás áitiúil an t-ordú fé bhráid an Aire déanfaid—
(a) fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe d'fhoillsiú i bpáipeur no i bpáipéirí nuachta léightear ina gceanntar á rá go ndearnadh an t-ordú san agus ag tabhairt tuairisce ar an líomatáiste luaidhtear ann agus ag ainmniú áite ina bhféadfar cóip den ordú agus den mhapa luaidhtear ann d'fheicsint gach tráth réasúnta; agus
(b) fógra do sheirbheáil ar gach duine is únaer, léasaí, agus sealbhaire (ach amháin tionóntaithe ar feadh míosa no tréimhse is lugha ná mí) ar aon fhoirgint atá sa líomatáiste le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú, agus fós ar gach morgáistí uirthi sa mhéid gur féidir do réir réasúin na morgáistithe sin d'fháil amach, fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe ag luadh éifeachta an orduithe agus á rá go bhfuiltear chun é do chur fé bhráid an Aire chun é do dhaingniú, agus ag luadh na haimsire gur laistigh di féadfar agus na slí ina bhféadfar agóidí do chur ina choinnibh.
3. Déanfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil, chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis na fógraí is gá do thabhairt, an t-ordú do chur fé bhráid an Aire chun é do dhaingniú.
4. Mara ndeinidh éinne de sna daoine gur gá fógraí do sheirbheáil ortha aon agóid do chur i gcoinnibh an orduithe go cuibhe, no má deintear gach agóid a cuirfear ina choinnibh amhlaidh do tharrac siar féadfaidh an tAire, más oiriúnach leis é, an t-ordú do dhaingniú go n-atharú no gan atharú; ach in aon chás eile cuirfidh fé ndeár, sara ndaingneoidh an t-ordú, fiosrú áitiúil puiblí do dhéanamh agus breithneoidh aon agóid nár tarraigeadh siar agus fós tuarasgabháil an té do rinne an fiosrú, agus féadfaidh ansan an t-ordú do dhaingniú go n-atharú no gan atharú: ach ní bhainfidh an t-ordú, mar a dhaingneoidh an tAire é, le haon fhoirgint ná bainfeadh an t-ordú léi dá ndaingnítí é gan atharú do dhéanamh air.
5. Féadfaidh an tAire ordú do dhaingniú in ainneoin gurb é éifeacht na n-atharuithe do rinne sé tré aon fhoirgintí do dhúnadh amach as an líomatáiste réiteachta ná dhá líomatáiste ar leithligh no níos mó do dhéanamh den líomatáiste sin, agus in aon chás den tsórt san beidh feidhm ag na forálacha den Acht so, bhaineann leis an éifeacht a bheidh ag ordú nuair a bheidh sé daingnithe agus leis na nithe bheidh le déanamh tar éis an orduithe do dhaingniú, fé is dá mb'aon líomatáiste réiteachta amháin na líomatáistí sin.
DARA SCEIDEAL.
Orduithe Ceannaigh Eigeanta.
CUID I.
Foralacha bhainfidh le hOrduithe Ceannaigh Eigeanta deanfar chun cricheanna an Achta so agus fos, tar eis a n-atharuithe mar ata raite i gCuid II den Sceideal so, le hOrduithe den tsort san a deanfar chun cricheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890.
1. Is sa bhfuirm orduithe bheidh ordú ceannaigh éigeanta agus beidh tuairisc ann do réir mhapa ar an talamh le n-a mbaineann, agus, fé réir na n-atharuithe luaidhtear anso ina dhiaidh seo agus aon oiriúnuithe is gá, ionchorporófar ann—
(a) Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan (ach amháin ailt a céad is seacht fichead go dtí n-a céad is a dó triochad den Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845) mar a leasuítear iad leis na forálacha atá sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1890 agus le hAchtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre;
(b) An Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, mar a leasuítear é leis an Acht chun Talamh do Thógaint (Coiste Réitigh), 1925 (Uimh. 22 de 1925).
2. Is iad so leanas na hatharuithe gur fé n-a réir a hionchorporófar san Ordú Achtanna na gClásanna Talmhan agus an Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, agus iad leasuithe mar adubhradh:—
(i) Déanfar an cúiteamh do mheas do réir na bhforálacha d'Achtanna Tithe an Lucht Oibre bhaineann le cúiteamh do mheas maidir le talamh a ceannuítear go héigeanta, pé cinn díobh a bhaineann leis an gcás a bheidh i gceist;
(ii) Ní chuirfidh an t-eadrascánaí san áireamh aon fhoirgint a tógfar ná aon fheabhsú ná atharú déanfar ná aon leas a bunófar i dtalamh tar éis an dáta ar a bhfoillseofar fógra do réir forálacha an Sceidil seo á rá go ndearnadh an t-ordú más dóich leis an eadrascánaí ná raibh gá do réir réasúin leis an bhfoirgint do thógáil no leis an bhfeabhsú no leis an atharú do dhéanamh no leis an leas do bhunú gur ina thaobh a bheidh éileamh á dhéanamh agus fós gur chun cúitimh d'fháil no do mhéadú do rinneadh é.
3. Más i dtaobh líomatáiste réiteachta déanfar an t-ordú taisbeánfar ann sa tslí orduithe cadiad na coda, más aon chuid é, den talamh a ceannófar go héigeanta, atá lasmuich den líomatáiste réiteachta.
4. Sara gcuiridh an t-údarás áitiúil an t-ordú fé bhráid an Aire déanfaid—
(a) fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe d'fhoillsiú i bpáipeur no i bpáipéirí nuachta léightear ina gceanntar á rá go ndearnadh an t-ordú san agus ag tabhairt tuairisce ar an líomatáiste luaidhtear ann agus ag ainmniú áite ina bhféadfar cóip den ordú agus den mhapa luaidhtear ann d'fheiscint gach tráth réasúnta; agus
(b) fógra do sheirbheáil ar gach duine is únaer, léasaí, agus sealbhaire (ach amháin tionóntaithe ar feadh míosa no tréimhse is lugha ná mí) ar aon talamh le n-a mbaineann an t-ordú, agus fós ar gach morgáistí air sa mhéid gur féidir do réir réasúin na morgáistithe sin d'fháil amach, fógra sa bhfuirm orduithe ag luadh éifeachta an orduithe agus á rá go bhfuiltear chun é do chur fé bhráid an Aire chun é do dhaingniú, agus ag luadh na haimsire gur laistigh di féadfar agus na slí ina bhféadfar agóidí do chur ina choinnibh.
5. Mara ndeinidh éinne de sna daoine gur gá fógraí do sheirbheáil ortha aon agóid do chur i gcoinnibh an orduithe go cuibhe, no má deintear gach agóid a cuirfear ina choinnibh amhlaidh do tharrac siar féadfaidh an tAire, más oiriúnach leis é, an t-ordú do dhaingniú go n-atharú no gan atharú, ach in aon chás eile cuirfidh fé ndeár, sara ndaingneoidh an t-ordú, fiosrú áitiúil puiblí do dhéanamh agus breithneoidh aon agóid nár tarraigeadh siar agus fós tuarasgabháil an té do rinne an fiosrú, agus féadfaidh ansan an t-ordú do dhaingniú go n-atharú no gan atharú:
Ach—
(a) féadfaidh an tAire a cheangal ar éinne dhéanfaidh agóid forais na hagóide sin do luadh i scríbhinn, agus féadfaidh an t-ordú do dhaingniú gan a chur fé ndeár fiosrú áitiúil puiblí do dhéanamh má bhíonn sé sásta ná baineann gach agóid do rinneadh go cuibhe ach le nithe go bhféadfaidh an t-eadrascánaí mheasfaidh an cúiteamh deighleáil leo;
(b) ní dhéanfaidh an t-ordú mar a bheidh sé daingnithe ag an Aire—
(i) a údarú don údarás áitiúil aon talamh do cheannach "> go héigeanta ná húdaródh an t-ordú dhóibh do cheannach amhlaidh dá mba gan atharú do dhéanamh air a daingneofaí é;
(ii) a údarú don údarás aon talamh a taisbeántar sa bhun-ordú mar thalamh atá lasmuich de líomatáiste réiteachta do cheannach mar thalamh atá sa líomatáiste sin;
(c) más dóich leis an Aire, maidir le haon talamh d'áirimh an t-údarás áitiúil mar chuid de líomatáiste réiteachta, nár cheart é d'áireamh, amhlaidh, déanfaidh agus é ag daingniú an orduithe an t-ordú d'atharú i slí go mbeidh an talamh san chun gach críche lasmuich den líomatáiste réiteachta; ach más dóich leis in aon chás den tsórt san go bhféadfaidh an t-údarás go cóir an talamh do cheannach fé alt a seacht den Acht so, atharóidh an t-ordú tuilleadh i slí go n-údarófar don údarás áitiúil an talamh san do cheannach fé alt san a seacht in ionad é do cheannach mar thalamh atá sa líomatáiste réiteachta.
6. Féadfaidh an tAire ordú do rinneadh i dtaobh líomatáiste réiteachta do dhaingniú in ainneoin gurab é éifeacht na n-atharuithe do rinne sé tré aon fhoirgintí do dhúnadh amach as an líomatáiste réiteachta ná dhá líomatáiste ar leithligh no níos mó do dhéanamh den líomatáiste sin, agus in aon chás den tsórt san beidh feidhm ag na forálacha den Acht so, bhaineann leis an éifeacht a bheidh ag ordú nuair a bheidh sé daingnithe agus leis na nithe bheidh le déanamh tar éis an orduithe do dhaingniú, fé is dá mb'aon líomatáiste réiteachta amháin na líomatáistí sin.
7. Nuair a beifear, chun críche an sceidil seo no chun críche aon orduithe déanfar fé, ag léiriú aon achtacháin a bheidh ionchorporaithe san ordú, tuigfear gurab é an tAcht so, maraon leis an ordú, an tAcht speisialta, agus tuigfear gurab é an t-údarás áitiúil bunathóirí an ghnótha.
CUID II.
Atharuithe le deanamh ar Chuid I den Sceideal so sara mbainfidh le hOrduithe Ceannaigh Eigeanta deanfar chun cricheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890.
Bainfidh na forálacha atá i gCuid I den Sceideal so le horduithe ceannaigh éigeanta, a déanfar chun crícheanna Coda III d'Acht 1890, do dhéanamh, do chur fé bhráid an Aire agus do dhaingniú, ach amháin na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá: mír 3, an méid de mhír 4 éilíonn fógraí do sheirbheáil ar mhorgáistithe agus na coinníollacha (b) (ii) agus (c) a ghabhann le mír a 5.
TRIU SCEIDEAL.
CUID I.
Rialacha i dtaobh Cuitimh do Mheas a bhainfidh le talamh ata i liomataiste reiteachta.
Is é méid a mheasfaidh an t-eadrascánaí mar chúiteamh le n'íoc as an talamh, agus aon fhoirgintí bheidh air d'áireamh, ná an méid is fiú an talamh, le linn a luachála, mar láithreán ar n-a ghlanadh o fhoirgintí agus a bheadh ar fáil chun a fheabhsuithe do réir a n-éilítear leis na fo-dhlithe i dtaobh tithe do thógáil a bheidh i bhfeidhm sa cheanntar de thurus na huaire ach pé suim a measfar mar chostas glanta agus leibhéalta an tailimh sin do bhaint as.
CUID II.
Rialacha i dtaobh Cuitimh do Mheas a bhainfidh le talamh a ceannofar fe Chuid II den Acht so agus nach talamh ata i Liomataiste Reiteachta.
1. Má bhíonn an t-eadrascánaí sásta, maidir le haon áitreabh, gur mhóide an cíos a bhí á fháil air é bheith á úsáid chun crícheanna nea-dhleathacha no oiread san daoine de bhreis thar an gceart do bheith ann go raibh sé dainséarach no díobhálach do shláinte an lucht comhnaithe ann, ansan, sa mhéid gur do réir chíosa bheidh an cúiteamh, isé cíos gur dá réir a bheidh sé ná an cíos do bheadh le fáil dá mba chun crícheanna dleathacha do bheadh an t-áitreabh ar seilbh agus dá mba ná beadh ann ach an méid daoine dá raibh an t-áitreabh oiriúnach gan aon bhreis den tsórt san, do réir chúrsaí uile an cháis.
2. Má bhíonn an t-eadrascánaí sásta go bhfuil an chóir shláinteachais in aon áitreabh lochtach no ná fuil deisiú maith do réir réasúin ar an áitreabh san isé is cúiteamh ann ná an méid a measfar dob fhiú an t-áitreabh dá ndeintí slaintiúil é no dá gcuirtí deisiú maith do réir réasúin air, ach an costas a measfar do bhainfeadh le hé do dhéanamh sláintiúil no leis an deisiú san do chur air do bhaint as.
3. Féadfaidh an t-údarás áitiúil fianaise do thabhairt uatha i dtaobh na nithe roimhráite in ainneoin gan éinní do bheith déanta acu chun na lochtaí no na n-olc a nochtfar leis an bhfianaise do leigheas.
4. Féachfaidh an t-eadrascánaí d'aon mhéadú is dóich leis a thiocfaidh ar luach áitreibh eile leis an únaer céanna de bharr an údaráis áitiúla do leagadh aon fhoirgintí agus déanfaidh lomháil do réir an mhéaduithe sin.
Ceathru Sceideal.
MION-LEASUITHE AGUS LEASUITHE IARMARTACHA AR ACHTACHAIN I DTAOBH TITHE.
Achtachán a leasuítear | Cineál agus Méid an Leasuithe |
The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. | 1. I bhfo-alt (7) d'alt 8 déanfar na focail “the Minister thinks fit” do chur ionad na bhfocal “they think fit,” agus na focail “any owner of any lands included in a clearance order or compulsory purchase order made under this Part of this Act” do chur in ionad na bhfocal o “any person” go “compulsorily,” agus an focal “order” do chur in ionad an fhocail “scheme” i ndeireadh an fho-ailt sin. |
2. I bhfo-alt (8) d'alt 8 déanfar na focail “such order as aforesaid” do chur in ionad na bhfocal “any provisional order under this Part of this Act.” | |
3. I bhfo-ailt (7), (8) agus (9) d'alt 8 déanfar na focail “the Minister” do chur in ionad na bhfocal “the confirming authority.” | |
4. Déanfar an fo-alt so leanas do chur le halt 36:— | |
(5) Any person aggrieved by a charging order made under this section may appeal against the same to the Circuit Court whose decision shall be final and not subject to any appeal. | |
5. I bhfo-alt (2) d'alt 47 déanfar na focail “a dwelling house in respect of which a notice requiring the execution of works has been served or a clearance order or demolition order has been made, that owing to the default of any other owner of the house in executing any works required to be executed on the house or in the demolition of the house” do chur in ionad na bhfocal o “the dwelling house” go “Act, and that”; agus an focal “house” do chur in ionad an fhocail “building” san áit deiridh ina bhfuil sé sin, agus déanfar na focail “or to claim to retain the site” d'fhágaint ar lár. | |
6. I bhfo-alt (3) d'alt 47 déanfar na focail o “or the time” go deireadh an fho-ailt d'fhágaint ar lár. | |
7. In alt 48 déanfar na focail “or a notice requiring the execution of works is served” do chur i ndiaidh an fhocail “made,” agus na focail “or notice” do chur i ndiaidh na bhfocal “any such order.” | |
8. In alt 43 déanfar na focail “raising sums required for purchase money or compensation payable under” d'fhágaint ar lár. | |
9. In alt 89 déanfar na focail “the Minister or any person authorised to enter houses, premises or buildings in pursuance of this Act” do chur in ionad na bhfocal “the confirming authority mentioned in Part I of this Act,” agus déanfar na focail “or person” do chur i ndiaidh an fhocail “authority” san áit deiridh ina bhfuil sé sin. | |
10. In airtiogal 6 den Dara Sceideal déanfar an focal “two” do chur in ionad an fhocail “three.” | |
The Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908. | 11. I míniú na habairte working classes in alt 16 déanfar na focail “three pounds” do chur in ionad na bhfocal “thirty shillings.” |
Cuigiu Sceideal.
ACHTACHAIN A HATHGHAIRMTEAR.
Siosón agus Caibideal | Gearr-theideal | Méid na hAthghairme |
53 & 54 Vic. Ch. 70. | The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. | Cuid I ach amháin ait 3; fo-ailt (7) go (9) d'alt 8; agus ailt 24, 25, agus 26 di; Cuid II ach amháin ailt 36 agus 37; ailt 42 go 44; fo-ailt (I), (2) agus (4) d'alt 47; agus alt 48 di; agus ailt 77 agus 78 i gCuid IV. |
57 & 58 Vic. Ch. 55. | The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1894. | An tAcht iomlán. |
8 Ed. VII. Ch. 61. | The Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908. | Fo-alt (2) d'alt 3; alt 6; ailt 9 agus 10; alt 13. |
9 & 10 Geo. V. Ch. 45. | The Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919. | Ailt 5, 6 agus 7; fo-alt (3) d'alt 8; alt 10; an coinníoll le fo-alt (1) d'alt 11; alt 15; fo-alt (3) d'alt 20 o sna focail “and section 51” go deireadh an fho-ailt sin; fo-alt (4) d'alt 20; alt 23; alt 27; alt 29; an coinníoll le halt 32; agus an Chéad Sceideal. |
9 & 10 Geo. V. Ch. 99. | The Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919. | Alt 4. |
11 & 12 Geo. V. Ch. 19 | The Housing Act, 1921. | Fo-alt (4) d'alt 10. |
Number 50 of 1931.
HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1931.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General.
Section | |
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Unhealthy Areas.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Unhealthy Dwelling Houses.
Miscellaneous Amendments of the Law Relating to the Housing of the Working Classes.
Labourers Cottages.
Acquisition of Small Dwellings.
Increase of value of houses in respect of which advances may be made. |
Amendments of the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930.
Increase of aggregate amount of grants under Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930. | |
Extension of period for erection of houses by private persons. | |
Continuance of assistance to private persons erecting houses. |
Financial Provisions.
State contributions to expenses of provision of houses for the working classes. | |
Acts Referred to | |
No. 46 of 1923 | |
No. 1 of 1929 | |
No. 27 of 1930 | |
No. 22 of 1925 | |
No. 10 of 1924 | |
No. 12 of 1925 | |
No. 31 of 1928 | |
No. 12 of 1929 | |
No. 22 of 1930 | |
No. 3 of 1927 | |
No. 41 of 1929 | |
Number 50 of 1931.
HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1931.
PART I.
Preliminary and General.
Short title, construction and citation.
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931.
(2) This Act in so far as it amends the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, the Small Dwellings Acquisition (Ireland) Acts, 1899 and 1919, and the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930, shall be read and construed as one therewith respectively and may be cited together therewith as the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1931, the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1931, the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 to 1931, and the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1931, as the case may be.
Definitions.
2.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government and Public Health;
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister;
the expression “unhealthy area” means an area the dwelling houses in which are by reason of disrepair or sanitary defects unfit for human habitation or are by reason of their bad arrangement or the narrowness or bad arrangement of the streets, dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the area and in which the other buildings, if any, are for a like reason dangerous or injurious to the health of such inhabitants;
the expression “clearance area” means an unhealthy area declared by a local authority to be a clearance area for the purposes of this Act;
the expression “improvement area” means an unhealthy area declared by a local authority to be an improvement area for the purposes of this Act;
the expression “clearance order” means an order made by a local authority under this Act ordering the demolition of buildings in a clearance area;
the expression “compulsory purchase order” means an order made under this Act authorising a local authority to acquire land compulsorily;
the expression “the Act of 1890” means the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890;
the expression “the Housing of the Working Classes Acts” means the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, and this Act in so far as it amends those Acts;
the expression “sanitary defects” includes lack of air space or of ventilation, darkness, dampness, absence of adequate and readily accessible water supply or sanitary accommodation or of other conveniences and inadequate paving or drainage of courts, yards or passages;
the expression “building byelaws” has the same meaning as in section 33 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919;
the word “owner” in relation to any building or land means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the building or land, whether in possession or reversion and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the building or land under a lease or agreement the unexpired term whereof exceeds three years;
the word “dwelling house” includes any yard, garden, outhouses, and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;
the word “street” includes any court, alley, passage, square or row of houses, whether a thoroughfare or not;
the expression “person having control of the house” has the same meaning as the word “owner” in the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.
Construction of Act of 1890.
3.—The Act of 1890 shall have effect as if the provisions of this Act with respect to unhealthy areas and unhealthy dwelling houses were inserted in Parts I and II respectively of the Act of 1890 in substitution for the provisions therein contained with respect to unhealthy areas and unhealthy dwelling houses and references in this Act or any Act (including the Act of 1890) passed before this Act, to the Act of 1890, or to any Part of the Act of 1890, or to any enactment therein contained or amending the same shall be respectively construed as references to the Act of 1890 as amended by this Act, or that Part or enactment as amended by this Act.
Repeal of enactments.
4.—(1) The enactments mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-section where before the commencement of this Act in pursuance of the Act of 1890 any notice requiring the execution of works has been served, or any demand for, or order relating to, the expenses of executing works, or any closing order or demolition order has been made, or any scheme or order has been confirmed or approved by the Minister or any order has been submitted to him for confirmation or approval, the like proceedings (including proceedings for the forification of a confirmed scheme) may be taken thereon and the like consequences shall ensue as might have been taken or would have ensued if this Act had not been passed.
(3) The mention of particular matters in the preceding sub-section shall not be held to prejudice or affect the general application of section 13 of the Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923) with regard to the effect of repeals.
PART II.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Unhealthy Areas.
Clearance areas.
5.—(1) Where a local authority are satisfied upon consideration of an official representation or other information in their possession that any area within their district is an unhealthy area and that the conditions in such area can be effectively remedied only by the demolition of all the buildings in such area which are unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to health the local authority shall cause such area to be defined on a map so as to exclude therefrom any building which is not unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to health and shall by resolution declare such area as so defined to be a clearance area, and shall in accordance with the provisions of this Act proceed to secure the demolition of all buildings in that area in one or other of the following ways, or partly in one way and partly in the other according as the local authority shall determine, that is to say:—
(a) by purchasing land comprised in the area and demolishing or otherwise securing the demolition of all buildings thereon; or
(b) by ordering the demolition of buildings in the area.
(2) A local authority shall forthwith transmit to the Minister a copy of any resolution passed by them under this section, together with a statement of the number of persons and the number of separate families of the working classes who on a day specified in the statement were occupying the buildings comprised in the clearance area.
(3) For the purposes of the Cork City Management Act, 1929 (No. 1 of 1929) and the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 (No. 27 of 1930) the declaration of any area under this section to be a clearance area shall be a reserved function.
Clearance orders.
6.—(1) Where a local authority determines to order any buildings in a clearance area to be demolished the local authority shall make and submit to the Minister for confirmation a clearance order with respect to such buildings.
(2) The provisions contained in the First Schedule to this Act shall apply to the making, submission and confirmation of clearance orders.
Purchase by local authority of land surrounded by or adjoining clearance area.
7.—Where as respects any area declared by them to be a clearance area a local authority determine to purchase any land comprised in the area, they may purchase also any land which is surrounded by the clearance area and the acquisition of which is reasonably necessary for the purpose of securing a cleared area of convenient shape and dimensions, and any land adjoining the clearance area, the acquisition of which is reasonably necessary for the satisfactory development or user of the cleared area.
Demolition of buildings under a clearance order.
8.—(1) When a clearance order has become operative the owner or owners of any building to which the order applies shall demolish that building and clear and level the site thereof to the satisfaction of the local authority before the expiration of six weeks from the date on which the building is required by the order to be vacated or, if it is not vacated until after that date, before the expiration of six weeks from the date on which it is vacated or, in either case, before the expiration of such longer period as in the circumstances the local authority may deem reasonable; and, if the building is not demolished and the site thereof so cleared and levelled before the expiration of that period, the local authority shall enter and demolish the building and clear and level the site thereof and sell the materials thereof.
(2) Any expenses incurred by a local authority under the last preceding sub-section, after giving credit for any amount realised by the sale of materials, may be recovered by them, summarily before a court of summary jurisdiction from the owner of the building or, if there is more than one owner, from the owners thereof in such shares as the court may determine to be just and equitable; and any owner who pays to the local authority the full amount of their claim may in the like manner recover from any other owner such contribution, if any, as the court may determine to be just and equitable.
(3) Any surplus in the hands of the local authority shall be paid by them to the owner of the building or if there is more than one owner, shall be paid as those owners may agree, or in default of agreement in such proportions as a court of summary jurisdiction may on the application of any such owner determine to be just and equitable.
(4) A court of summary jurisdiction, in determining for the purposes of this section the shares in which any expenses shall be paid or contributed by, or any surplus shall be divided between, two or more owners of a building, shall have regard to their respective interests in the building, their respective obligations and liabilities in respect of maintenance and repair under any covenant or agreement, whether expressed or implied, and all the other circumstances of the case.
(5) The amount of any expenses due to a local authority under this section shall be a charge on the premises in respect of which the expenses were incurred and the local authority shall for the purpose of enforcing such charge have all the same powers and remedies as if they were mortgagees by deed having powers of sale and lease, accepting surrenders of leases and of appointing a receiver.
Restriction of development of land in a clearance area.
9.—(1) When a clearance order has become operative no land to which the order applies shall be used for building purposes, or otherwise developed, except in accordance with such plans as the local authority may approve and subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as the local authority may think fit to impose.
(2) An owner who is aggrieved by a restriction or condition so imposed on the user of his land, or by a subsequent refusal of the local authority to cancel or modify any such restriction or condition, may at any time appeal to the Minister, who shall make such order in the matter as he thinks proper, and the Minister's decision shall be final.
(3) A person who commences, or causes to be commenced, any work in contravention of any plans approved or a restriction or condition imposed under this sub-section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, and to a further penalty not exceeding ten pounds in respect of each day during which the work exists in such a form and state as to contravene such plans, restriction or condition.
Demolition of buildings on and disposal of land acquired by a local authority.
10.—(1) A local authority who have under this Part of this Act purchased any land comprised in, or surrounded by, or adjoining a clearance area shall, so soon as may be, cause every building thereon to be vacated and shall deal with that land in one or other of the following ways, or partly in one of these ways and partly in the other of them, that is to say:—
(a) they shall demolish every building thereon before the expiration of six weeks from the date on which it is vacated, or before the expiration of such longer period as in the circumstances they deem reasonable, and thereafter may use the land for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act or may subject to the approval of the Minister, sell or let the land subject to such restrictions and conditions, if any, as they think fit, or may, appropriate the land for any purpose for which they are authorised to acquire land subject to the like restrictions as are contained in section ninety-five of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, with respect to the appropriation of land by local authorities under that section; or
(b) they shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, so soon as may be, sell or let the land subject to a condition that the buildings thereon shall be demolished forthwith and subject to such restrictions and other conditions, if any, as they may think fit to impose.
(2) Land sold or leased under this section shall be sold or leased at the best price or for the best rent that can reasonably be obtained having regard to any restriction or condition imposed, and any capital money received in respect of any transaction under this section shall be applied, with the sanction of the Minister, either in the repayment of debt or for any other purpose for which capital money may be properly applied.
(3) For the purposes of this section “sell” includes to sell in consideration of an annual rent charge or fee farm grant.
Power of local authority to purchase cleared land which owners have failed to re-develop.
11.—(1) Where land has been cleared of buildings in accordance with a clearance order made under this Part of this Act, the local authority may, at any time after the expiration of eighteen months from the date on which the clearance order became operative, by resolution determine to purchase any part of that land which at the date of the passing of their resolution has not been, or is not in process of being, used for building purposes, or otherwise developed, by the owner thereof in accordance with plans approved by the local authority and any restrictions or conditions imposed under sub-section (1) of section 9 of this Act.
(2) A local authority shall deal with any land purchased by them under this section by sale, letting, or appropriation in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding section.
Improvement areas.
12.—(1) Where a local authority are satisfied upon consideration of an official representation or other information in their possession that any area within their district is an unhealthy area and that the conditions in such area can be effectively remedied without the demolition of all the buildings in such area which are unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to health by—
(a) the demolition or repair, as circumstances may require, of those dwelling-houses within the area which are unfit for human habitation; and
(b) the purchase by the local authority of any land within the area which it is expedient for them to acquire for the purpose of opening out the area and the demolition of any buildings on such land so far as may be necessary to demolish them for that purpose;
the local authority may cause that area to be defined on a map and may pass a resolution declaring the area so defined to be an improvement area.
(2) A local authority who have passed a resolution declaring an area to be an improvement area, shall forthwith—
(a) publish, in one or more newspapers circulating within their district, a notice stating the terms of the resolution and the date on which it was passed, and naming a place at which a copy of the resolution and of the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours; and
(b) transmit a copy of the resolution to the Minister, together with an estimate of the number of persons and separate families of the working classes whose displacement will be rendered necessary by any steps which the local authority propose to take for the improvement of the area.
(3) For the purposes of the Cork City Management Act, 1929 (No. 1 of 1929) and the Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 (No. 27 of 1930) the declaration of any area under this section to be an improvement area shall be a reserved function.
Treatment of improvement area.
13.—(1) A local authority who have passed a resolution declaring an area to be an improvement area, shall so soon as may be—
(a) in the case of dwelling-houses which are unfit for human habitation, serve notices under Part III of this Act requiring the execution of all necessary works thereon, or the demolition thereof, and enforce compliance with those notices;
(b) in so far as the improvement of the area involves the purchase of land for opening out the area, proceed to purchase that land unless the local authority are satisfied that the opening out of the area will be adequately carried out by the owner or owners of the land.
(2) A local authority who have purchased any land under this section, shall carry out, or secure the carrying out of such demolitions as may be necessary for opening out the area, and, subject thereto, shall deal with that land by sale, letting or appropriation in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of this Act.
(3) Where any action taken by a local authority under this section with respect to a dwelling-house in an improvement area results in the tenant of that house, or any part thereof, removing therefrom, then notwithstanding anything in the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 to 1930, those Acts if applicable to that house or part, shall not cease to apply thereto by reason only of the fact that upon such removal the landlord comes into possession of the house or part of the house.
(4) The declaration of any area to be an improvement area shall not preclude any local authority from exercising any powers which in the absence of such a declaration would have been exercisable by them within that area.
Preliminaries to passing of clearance or improvement resolution.
14.—A local authority shall before passing any resolution declaring an area to be a clearance area or an improvement area satisfy the Minister—
(a) that in so far as suitable accommodation available for the persons of the working classes who will be displaced by the steps to be taken for the clearance or improvement of the area does not already exist, the local authority can provide, or secure the provision of such accommodation in advance of the displacements which will from time to time become necessary as the clearance or improvement of the area proceeds; and
(b) that the resources of the local authority are sufficient for the purpose of carrying the resolution into effect.
Provisions as to purchase of land.
15.—Where a local authority have determined to purchase land under this Part of this Act, they may purchase that land by agreement or they may be authorised to purchase that land compulsorily by means of a compulsory purchase order made and submitted to the Minister and confirmed by him in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act.
Assessment of compensation in respect of land acquired compulsorily.
16.—(1) Where land is purchased compulsorily by a local authority under this Part of this Act, the compensation payable in respect thereof shall be assessed—
(a) in the case of land comprised in a clearance area in accordance with the provisions contained in Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act;
(b) in the case of any other land in accordance with the provisions contained in Part II of the Third Schedule to this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the foregoing sub-section the compensation payable in respect of such land shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925).
Validity and date of operation of clearance orders and compulsory purchase orders.
17.—(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect with respect to the validity of clearance orders and compulsory purchase orders made under this Act, and the date on which such an order is to come into operation.
(2) So soon as may be after an order has been confirmed by the Minister, the local authority shall publish in a newspaper circulating in their district a notice in the prescribed form stating that the order has been confirmed, and naming a place where a copy of the order as confirmed, and of the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours, and shall serve a like notice on every person who, having given notice to the Minister of his objection to the order, appeared at the public local inquiry in support of his objection.
(3) If any person aggrieved by an order desires to question its validity on the ground that it is not within the powers of this Act or that any requirement of this Act has not been complied with, he may, within six weeks after the publication of the notice of confirmation, make an application for the purpose to the High Court, and where any such application is duly made the Court—
(a) may by interim order suspend the operation of the order either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant until the final determination of the proceedings; and
(b) if satisfied upon the hearing of the application that the order is not within the powers of this Act or that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by any requirement of this Act not having been complied with may quash the order either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant.
(4) Subject to the provisions of the last preceding sub-section, an order shall not, either before or after its confirmation, be questioned by prohibition or certiorari or in any legal proceedings whatsoever, and shall become operative at the expiration of six weeks from the date on which notice of its confirmation is published in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section.
(5) So soon as may be after an order has become operative, the local authority shall serve a copy thereof on every person on whom a notice was served by them of their intention to submit the order to the Minister for confirmation.
Extinguishment of ways, easements, etc.
18.—(1) A local authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by order extinguish any public right of way over any land purchased by them under this Part of this Act, but an order made by a local authority under this sub-section shall be published in the prescribed manner, and if any objection thereto is made to the Minister before the expiration of six weeks from the publication thereof, the Minister shall not approve the order until he has caused a public local inquiry to be held into the matter.
(2) Upon the completion by a local authority of the purchase by them of any land under this Part of this Act, all private rights of way and all rights of laying down, erecting, continuing or maintaining any pipes, sewers, drains, wires or cables on, under or over that land (together with the property in those pipes, sewers, drains, wires or cables) and all other rights or easements in or relating to that land shall, except so far as may be otherwise agreed by the local authority and the person entitled to the right in question, vest in the local authority, and any person who suffers loss by the vesting of any such right or property as aforesaid, shall be entitled to be paid by the local authority compensation to be determined under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925).
PART III.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
Unhealthy Dwelling Houses.
Power of local authority to require repair of insanitary house.
19.—(1) Where a local authority, upon consideration of an official representation or a report from any of their officers, or other information in their possession, are satisfied that any dwelling-house which is occupied or is of a type suitable for occupation by persons of the working classes is in any respect unfit for human habitation they shall, unless they are satisfied that it is not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit, serve upon the person having control of the house a notice requiring him, within such reasonable time, not being less than twenty-one days, as may be specified in the notice, to execute the works specified in the notice and stating that, in the opinion of the local authority, those works will render the house fit for human habitation.
(2) In addition to serving a notice under this section on the person having control of the house, the local authority may at their discretion serve a copy of the notice on any other person having an interest in the house, whether as owner in fee simple, mortgagee, lessee, or otherwise.
(3) In determining for the purposes of this Part of this Act whether a dwelling-house can be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense, regard shall be had to the estimated cost of the works necessary to render it so fit and the value which it is estimated that the dwelling-house will have when the works are completed.
Enforcement of notice requiring execution of repairs.
20.—(1) If a notice under the last preceding section requiring the person having control of the house to execute works is not complied with, then, after the expiration of the time specified in the notice or, if an appeal has been made against the notice and upon that appeal the notice has been confirmed with or without variation, after the expiration of twenty-one days from the final determination of the appeal, or of such longer period as the court in determining the appeal may fix, the local authority may enter the house and may themselves do the work required to be done by the notice, or by the notice as varied by the court, as the case may be.
(2) Where the local authority are about to enter upon a dwelling-house under the provisions of the last preceding sub-section for the purpose of doing any work, they may give to the person having control of the house, and, if they think fit, to any other person being an owner of the house, notice in writing of their intention so to do, and if at any time after the expiration of seven days from the service upon him of such notice and whilst any workman or contractor employed by the local authority is carrying out works in the house any person upon whom the notice was served or any workman employed by him, or by any contractor employed by him, is in the house for the purpose of carrying out any works, the person upon whom the notice was served shall be deemed to be obstructing the local authority in the execution of this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court before which he is charged that there was urgent necessity to carry out the said works in order to obviate danger to occupants of the house.
(3) Any expenses incurred by the local authority under this section, together with interest, at such rate as the Minister may with the approval of the Minister for Finance from time to time by order fix, from the date when a demand for the expenses is served until payment, may, subject as hereinafter provided, be recovered by them, by action or summarily as a civil debt, from the person having control of the house, or, if he receives the rent of the house as agent or trustee for some other person, then either from him or from that other person, or in part from him and as to the remainder from that other person:
Provided that if the person having control of the house proves that he—
(a) is receiving the rent merely as an agent or trustee for some other person; and
(b) has not, and since the date of the service on him of the demand has not had, in his hands on behalf of that other person sufficient money to discharge the whole demand of the local authority,
his liability shall be limited to the total amount of the money which he has, or has had, in his hands as aforesaid.
(4) In all summary proceedings by the local authority for the recovery of any such expenses, the time within which the proceedings may be taken shall be reckoned from the date of the service of the demand or, if an appeal is made against that demand, from the date on which the demand becomes operative.
(5) The local authority may by order declare any such expenses to be payable by weekly or other instalments within a period not exceeding thirty years with interest at such rate as the Minister may, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, from time to time by order fix, from the date of the service of the demand until the whole amount is paid, and any such instalments and interest, or any part thereof, may be recovered summarily as a civil debt from the person having control of the house or the occupier thereof and, if recovered from an occupier, may be deducted by him from the rent of the house.
(6) The amount of any expenses and interest thereon due to a local authority under this section shall be a charge on the premises in respect of which the expenses were incurred, and the local authority shall for the purpose of enforcing that charge have all the same powers and remedies as if they were mortgagees by deed having powers of sale and lease, of accepting surrenders of leases and of appointing a receiver.
(7) No action taken under this, or the last preceding, section shall prejudice or affect any other powers of the local authority or any remedy available to the tenant of a dwelling-house against his landlord, either at common law or otherwise.
Recovery of expenses of repair from occupier.
21.—(1) Where a demand for the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority under the next foregoing section has become operative and such expenses or any part thereof remain unpaid the local authority may, after giving not less than ten days notice to the person having control of the house in respect of which such expenses were incurred serve a notice in the prescribed form upon the occupier or occupiers of such house, stating the amount of such expenses remaining unpaid and requiring such occupier or occupiers to pay to the local authority any rent then due or thereafter to become due by him or them until the amount of such expenses with any interest due thereon is fully repaid.
(2) The service of any such notice as is referred to in the foregoing sub-section upon an occupier shall operate to transfer to the local authority the exclusive right to recover, receive and give a discharge for the rent required by such notice to be paid to the local authority.
Power of local authority to let a vacant house in respect of which expenses are due.
22.—(1) A local authority, to whom any expenses are due in respect of the execution of works to a house under section 20 of this Act which is or has become vacant, may if satisfied that payment of such expenses cannot be recovered from the person having control of the house and after giving to such person twenty-one days' notice in writing of their intention so to do, make in the name of such person a letting of the house to a suitable person at such rent and for such period and on such terms and conditions as to the local authority shall seem proper having regard to the circumstances and to the nature of any previous tenancy in the house.
(2) Every such notice as is referred to in the foregoing sub-section shall state the rent period for which and the terms and conditions on which the local authority propose to make a letting of the house.
(3) For the purposes of this section and for those purposes only the local authority shall be deemed to be the agent of the person having control of the house with power to make a letting without his consent and the word “house” includes in the case of a house habitually let in separate apartments, a part of a house.
(4) Any person aggrieved by a proposal of a local authority to make a letting of a house under this section may, within twenty-one days after the date of the service of the notice referred to in sub-section (1) of this section, appeal to the Circuit Court, who may make such order in the matter as to the Court shall seem just and reasonable but the decision of the Court shall be final and conclusive and not subject to any appeal.
Power of local authority to order demolition of insanitary house.
23.—(1) Where a local authority, upon consideration of an official representation, or a report from any of their officers, or other information in their possession, are satisfied that any dwelling house which is occupied, or is of a type suitable for occupation by persons of the working classes, is unfit for human habitation and is not capable at a reasonable expense of being rendered so fit, they shall serve upon the person having control of the house, upon any other person who is an owner thereof, and, so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain such persons, upon every mortgagee thereof, notice of the time (being some time not less than twenty-one days after the service of the notice) and place at which the condition of the house and any offer with respect to the carrying out of works, or the future use of the house, which he may wish to submit will be considered by them, and every person upon whom such a notice is served shall be entitled to be heard when the matter is so taken into consideration.
(2) The local authority may if, after consultation with any owner or mortgagee, they think fit so to do, accept an undertaking from him, either that he will within a specified period carry out such works as will in the opinion of the local authority render the house fit for human habitation, or that it shall not be used for human habitation until the local authority, on being satisfied that it has been rendered fit for that purpose, cancel the undertaking.
(3) If no such undertaking as is mentioned in the last preceding subsection is accepted by the local authority, or if, in a case where they have accepted such an undertaking, any work to which the undertaking relates is not carried out within the specified period, or the house is at any time used in contravention of the terms of the undertaking, the local authority shall forthwith make a demolition order requiring that the house shall be vacated within a period to be specified in the order, not being less than twenty-eight days from the date on which the order becomes operative, and that it shall be demolished and the site thereof cleared and levelled within six weeks after the expiration of that period, or, if the house is not vacated before the expiration of that period, within six weeks after the date on which it is vacated, or in either case within such longer period as in the circumstances the local authority deem it reasonable to specify and shall serve the order upon every person upon whom they would be required by sub-section (1) of this section to serve a notice issued by them under that subsection.
Underground room to be deemed to be a house unfit for human habitation.
24.—(1) A room habitually used as a sleeping place the surface of the floor of which is more than three feet below the surface of the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room, or more than three feet below the surface of any ground within nine feet of the room, shall for the purposes of this Part of this Act be deemed to be a house unfit for human habitation, if the room either—
(a) is not on an average at least eight feet in height from floor to ceiling; or
(b) does not comply with such regulations as the local authority with the consent of the Minister may prescribe for securing the proper ventilation and lighting of such rooms, and the protection thereof against dampness, effluvia, or exhalation.
(2) If the local authority after being required to do so by the Minister, fail to make such regulations as aforesaid, or such regulations as the Minister approves, the Minister may himself make them, and the regulations so made shall have effect as if they had been made by the local authority with the consent of the Minister.
Power of local authority to deal with part of building.
25.—A local authority may under this Part of this Act take the like proceedings in relation to any part of a building which is let for human habitation as a separate tenement or in relation to any underground room which by virtue of sub-section (1) of section 24 of this Act is to be deemed to be unfit for human habitation, as they are empowered to take in relation to a dwelling-house subject, however, to this qualification that, in circumstances in which, in the case of a dwelling-house, they would have made a demolition order, they shall, in the case of a part of a building, which is let for human habitation as a separate tenement, make a closing order prohibiting the use of that part for human habitation and in the case of any such underground room as aforesaid make a closing order prohibiting the use of the room for the purposes of a sleeping place; but the local authority shall determine a closing order so made by them on being satisfied that the part of the building or the room to which it relates has been rendered fit for human habitation.
Procedure where demolition order or closing order made or undertaking given as to user of house.
26.—(1) When a demolition order under this Part of this Act has become operative, the owner or owners of the house to which it applies shall demolish that house and clear and level the site thereof to the satisfaction of the local authority within the time limited in that behalf by the order; and if the house is not demolished and the site thereof so cleared and levelled within that time, the local authority shall enter and demolish the house and clear and level the site thereof and sell the materials thereof, and the provisions of sub-sections (2) (3) (4) and (5) of section 8 of this Act shall apply in relation to any expenses incurred by the authority under this sub-section and to any surplus remaining in the hands of the local authority as they apply in relation to any expenses or surplus in a case where a building is demolished in pursuance of a clearance order.
(2) Any person who, knowing that a closing order has become operative and applies to any premises, or that an undertaking has been given under this Part of this Act that any premises shall not be used for certain purposes specified in the undertaking, uses those premises in contravention of the terms of the order or undertaking, or permits them to be so used, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and to a further penalty of five pounds for every day or part of a day, on which he so uses them, or permits them to be so used, after conviction.
(3) Where an undertaking has been given under this Part of this Act that any premises shall not be used for human habitation, nothing in the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 to 1930, or in any enactment amending those Acts, shall prevent any owner of those premises from obtaining possession thereof.
Appeals.
27.—(1) Any person aggrieved by—
(a) a notice under this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works;
(b) a demand for the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority in executing works specified in any such notice;
(c) an order made by a local authority with respect to any such expenses;
(d) a demolition order made under this Part of this Act;
(e) a closing order so made or a refusal to determine a closing order;
may, within twenty-one days after the date of the service of the notice, demand or order, or after the refusal, as the case may be, appeal to the Circuit Court, and no proceedings shall be taken by the local authority to enforce any notice, demand or order against which an appeal is brought before the appeal has been finally determined:
Provided that—
(i) on an appeal under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of this sub-section no question shall be raised which might have been raised on an appeal against the original notice requiring the execution of the works; and
(ii) no appeal shall lie under paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) of this sub-section at the instance of a person who is in occupation of the premises to which the order relates under a lease or agreement of which the unexpired term does not exceed three years.
(2) In any appeal to the Circuit Court under this section—
(a) the court may make such order either confirming or quashing or varying the notice, demand or order as it thinks fit, and may, if it thinks fit, accept from an appellant any such undertaking as might have been accepted by the local authority, and any undertaking so accepted by the court shall have the like effect as if such undertaking had been given to and accepted by the local authority under this Part of this Act; and
(b) where the court allows an appeal against a notice requiring the execution of works to a dwelling-house, it shall, if requested by the local authority so to do, include in its judgment a finding whether the house can or cannot be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense.
(3) Rules of Court shall regulate the practice and procedure of the Circuit Court under this section, and the rules shall make provision with respect to an inspection by the Circuit Court of the premises to which the appeal relates in any case in which the court considers that such inspection is desirable.
(4) Any notice, demand or order against which an appeal might be brought to the Circuit Court under this section shall, if no such appeal is brought, become operative on the expiration of the period of twenty-one days mentioned in sub-section (1) of this section and shall be final and conclusive as to any matters which could have been raised on such an appeal, and any such notice, demand or order against which an appeal is brought shall, if and so far as it is confirmed by the Circuit Court, become operative as from the date of the final determination of the appeal.
(5) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the withdrawal of an appeal shall be deemed to be the determination thereof, having the like effect as a decision confirming the notice, demand or order, or decision appealed against.
(6) No appeal shall lie under section 61 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924) from a decision of the Circuit Court under this section.
Power of local authority to acquire and repair certain houses.
28.—(1) Where any person has appealed against a notice under this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works to a dwelling-house, and the Circuit Court in allowing the appeal has found that the house cannot be rendered fit for human habitation at a reasonable expense, the local authority may purchase that house by agreement, or may be authorised to purchase it compulsorily in accordance with the provisions of this section, and, if they purchase the house compulsorily, they shall forthwith execute all such works as were specified in the notice against which the appeal was brought.
(2) A local authority may for the purposes of this section be authorised to purchase a house by a compulsory purchase order made and submitted to the Minister within six months after the determination of the appeal and confirmed by him in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act; but if any person being an owner or mortgagee of the house undertakes to carry out to the satisfaction of the Minister and within such, period as the Minister may fix, the works specified in the notice against which the appeal was brought, the Minister shall not confirm the compulsory purchase order unless that person has failed to fulfil his undertaking.
(3) The compensation to be paid for any house purchased compulsorily under this section shall be the value, at the time when the valuation is made, of the site as a cleared site available for development in accordance with the requirements of the building bye-laws for the time being in force in the district, and subject as aforesaid, shall be assessed in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925).
PART IV.
Miscellaneous amendments of the law relating to the housing of the working classes.
Duty of local authority to inspect their district.
29.—It shall be the duty of every local authority to cause an inspection of their district to be made from time to time with a view to ascertaining whether any dwelling-house therein is unfit for human habitation, and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the local authority and every officer of the local authority, to comply with such regulations and to keep such records as the Minister may prescribe.
Power of local authority to require information as to ownership of premises.
30.—A local authority may, for the purpose of enabling them to serve any notice (including any copy of any notice) which they are by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts authorised or required to serve, require the occupier of any premises and any person who, either directly or indirectly, receives rent in respect of any premises, to state in writing the nature of his own interest therein and the name and address of any other person known to him as having an interest therein, whether as owner in fee simple, mortgagee, or lessee or otherwise, and any person who, having been required by a local authority in pursuance of this section to give to them any information, fails to give that information, or knowingly makes any misstatement in respect thereof, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
Conditions to be implied on letting of house for habitation.
31.—(1) In any contract entered into after the passing of this Act for letting for habitation a dwelling-house at a rent not exceeding—
(a) in the case of a house situate in the County Borough of Dublin or the Borough of Dun Laoghaire, thirty pounds per annum;
(b) in the case of a house situate elsewhere, twenty-five pounds per annum;
there shall, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, be implied a condition that the house is at the commencement of the tenancy, and an undertaking that the house will be kept by the landlord during the tenancy, in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation but nothing in this section contained shall affect the liability of the tenant or occupier of any such house for any wilful act or default of such tenant or occupier whereby such house is rendered not reasonably fit for human habitation:
Provided that the condition and undertaking aforesaid shall not be implied when a house is let for a term of not less than three years upon the terms that it be put by the lessee into a condition reasonably fit for habitation, and the lease is not determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years.
(2) The landlord, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day, on giving twenty-four hours' notice in writing to the tenant or occupier, enter any premises to which this section applies for the purpose of viewing the state and condition thereof.
(3) In this section the expression “landlord” means any person who lets for habitation to a tenant any house under any contract referred to in this section, and includes his successors in title, and the expression “dwelling-house” includes part of a house.
Matters to be considered in determining a house to be unfit for human habitation.
32.—Where it is required for the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts to determine whether a house is fit for human habitation, regard shall be had to the extent, if any, to which by reason of disrepair or sanitary defects the house falls short of the provisions of any bye-laws in operation in the district of the local authority in which such house is situate, or of the general standard of housing accommodation for the working classes in such district.
Recovery of possession of buildings subject to a clearance or demolition order.
33.—(1) Where a clearance order or a demolition order has become operative, the local authority shall serve on the occupier of any building or any part of any building to which the order relates a notice stating the effect of the order and specifying the date by which the order requires the building to be vacated and requiring him to quit the building before the said date or before the expiration of twenty-eight days from the service of the notice, whichever may be the later; and if at any time after the date on which the notice requires the building to be vacated any person is in occupation of the building, or of any part thereof, the local authority or any owner of the building may make complaint to a court of summary jurisdiction and thereupon the court shall by their warrant which shall have the same effect as a warrant under section eighty-six of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860, order vacant possession of the building or of the part thereof to be given to the complainant within such period not being less than two weeks nor more than four weeks as the court may determine.
(2) Any expenses incurred by a local authority under this section in obtaining possession of any building or of any part of a building may be recovered by them summarily before a court of summary jurisdiction from the owner of the building or, if there is more than one owner, from the owners thereof and the provisions of sub-sections (2), (4) and (5) of section 8 of this Act shall apply in relation to any such expenses in like manner as those provisions apply in relation to expenses incurred by a local authority under that section.
(3) Any person who, knowing that a clearance order or a demolition order has become operative and applies to any building, enters into occupation of that building, or of any part thereof, after the date by which the order requires that building to be vacated, or permits any other person to enter into such occupation after that date, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and to a further penalty of five pounds for every day, or part of a day, on which the occupation continues after such conviction.
Recovery of possession of houses and buildings for purposes of enactments relating to the housing of the working classes.
34.—(1) Nothing in the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 to 1930, shall be deemed to affect the provisions of this Act relating to the obtaining possession of a house with respect to which a clearance order or demolition order has been made, or to prevent possession being obtained of any house possession of which is required for the purpose of enabling a local authority to exercise their powers under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, or for the purpose of securing compliance with any bye-laws made for the prevention of overcrowding.
(2) Where a local authority, for the purpose of exercising their powers under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, require possession of any building or any part of a building of which they are the owners, possession thereof may (without prejudice to any other method of recovery) be recovered by them in a summary manner under section fifteen of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851, wherever the building or part of a building may be situated and whatever may be the rent or term of the tenancy.
Power of Circuit Court to determine lease where premises demolished.
35.—(1) Where any premises in respect of which a clearance order or a demolition order made under this Act has become operative form the subject matter of a lease, either the lessor or the lessee may apply to the Circuit Court within the jurisdiction of which the premises are situate for an order determining the lease.
(2) Upon any such application as aforesaid the Circuit Court, after giving to any sub-lessee an opportunity of being heard, may, if it thinks fit, order that the lease shall be determined, either unconditionally or subject to such terms and conditions (including conditions with respect to the payment of money by any party to the proceedings to any other party thereto by way of compensation or damages or otherwise) as the court may think just and equitable to impose, regard being had to the respective rights, obligations, and liabilities of the parties under the lease and all the other circumstances of the case.
(3) Rules of Court shall regulate the practice and procedure of the Circuit Court under this section.
(4) In this section the expression “lease” includes an under-lease and any tenancy or agreement for a lease, under-lease, or tenancy, and the expressions “lessor,” “lessee,” and “sub-lessee” shall be construed accordingly, and as including also a person deriving title under a lessor, lessee or sub-lessee.
Power of local authority to make allowances to certain persons displaced.
36.—A local authority may pay to any person displaced from any dwelling-house or other building to which a clearance order, a demolition order, or a closing order applies, or which has been purchased by them under Part II of this Act as being comprised in a clearance area, or under Part III of this Act, as being incapable of being rendered fit for human habitation, such reasonable allowance as they think fit towards his expenses in removing; and to any person carrying on any trade or business in any such dwelling-house or other building they may with the consent of the Minister pay also such reasonable allowance as they think fit towards the loss which, in their opinion, he will sustain by reason of the disturbance of his trade or business consequent on his having to quit the house or building and in estimating that loss they shall have regard to the period for which the premises occupied by him might reasonably have been expected to be available for the purpose of his trade or business and the availability of other premises suitable for that purpose.
Acquisition of land for purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890.
37.—(1) A local authority may for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act be authorised to purchase land compulsorily by means of a compulsory purchase order made by the local authority and submitted to and confirmed by the Minister in accordance with the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2) The provisions of this Act with respect to the validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders shall apply to compulsory purchase orders made under this section.
(3) Section 57 of the Act of 1890 is hereby repealed in so far as it relates to the acquisition of land otherwise than by agreement.
Acquisition of land not immediately required for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890.
38.—A local authority may, with the consent of and subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, acquire land by agreement (but not otherwise) for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act, notwithstanding that the land is not immediately required for those purposes.
Acquisition of and compensation for derelict sites.
39.—(1) A local authority may acquire either by agreement with the consent of the Minister or compulsorily a derelict site for any of the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act, notwithstanding that such site is not immediately required for such purpose.
(2) A derelict site so acquired by a local authority may with the consent of the Minister, pending its ultimate appropriation for the purpose for which it was acquired, be used temporarily by the local authority as a playground or recreation ground for persons of the working classes and other persons.
(3) Where a local authority acquire compulsorily a derelict site for any of the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts the compensation to be paid by the local authority in respect of the acquisition of such site shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions contained in Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act and, subject as aforesaid, shall be assessed in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925).
(4) For the purposes of this section the expression “derelict site” means any land situate in an area inhabited mainly by persons of the working classes or in close proximity to such an area which is—
(a) the site of a building that has been demolished or which is in a ruinous and uninhabitable condition; or
(b) land which has not been and cannot be built upon without clearance and levelling and is or is likely to become in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health by reason of the deposit thereon of filth, rubbish or other insanitary matters or otherwise; and
(c) which is land which has been lying undeveloped or not re-developed for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the time at which the local authority determine by resolution to acquire the land.
Powers in connection with provision of houses.
40.—(1) Any power of the local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts to provide housing accommodation, shall include a power to provide and maintain with the consent of the Minister and, if desired, jointly with any other person, in connection with any such housing accommodation, any building adapted for use as a shop, any playgrounds or recreation grounds, open spaces or other buildings or land which in the opinion of the Minister will serve a beneficial purpose in connection with the requirements of the persons for whom the housing accommodation is provided.
(2) The Minister may, in giving his consent to the provision of any land or building under this section, by order apply, with any necessary modifications, to such land or building any statutory provisions which would have been applicable thereto if the land or building had been provided under any enactment giving any local authority powers for the purpose.
Power of entry on lands proposed to be acquired.
41.—(1) Where a local authority are by a compulsory purchase order made and confirmed under Part II of this Act or Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment; including this Act authorised to purchase land compulsorily for the purposes of such Part the local authority may at any time after such order has become operative on giving not less than fourteen days' notice in writing to the owner and occupier of the land enter on and take possession of the land or of such part thereof as may be specified in the notice without previous consent or compliance with the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts relating to entry on lands and upon the service of any such notice the local authority shall be deemed to have signified their intention of purchasing the land and shall be liable to the payment of the like compensation as if the said provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts had been complied with and to payment of interest upon such compensation as from the time of such entry.
(2) Where a local authority have agreed to purchase land for the purposes of Part II of this Act or Part III of the Act of 1890, as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act, or have determined to appropriate land for either of those purposes, subject to the interest of the person in possession thereof, and that interest is not greater than that of a tenant for a year or from year to year then, at any time after such agreement has been made, or such appropriation has been approved by the Minister, the local authority may, after giving to the person so in possession twenty-one days' notice in writing, enter on and take possession of the land or such part thereof as is specified in the notice without previous consent, but subject to the payment to the person so in possession of the like compensation, with such interest thereon as aforesaid, as if the local authority had been authorised to purchase the land compulsorily and such person had in pursuance of such power been required to quit possession before the expiration of his term or interest in the land, but without the necessity of compliance with the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts relating to entry on lands.
Power of entry on lands for survey, etc.
42.—Any person authorised in writing stating the particular purpose or purposes for which the entry is authorised, by the local authority may at all reasonable times, on giving twenty-four hours' notice to the occupier and to the owner, if the owner is known, of his intention, enter any house, premises, or building—
(a) for the purpose of survey or valuation, in the case of houses, premises, or buildings which the local authority are authorised to purchase compulsorily under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts; or
(b) for the purpose of survey and examination in the case of any house in respect of which a notice requiring the execution of works has been served or a clearance order, demolition order or closing order has been made; or
(c) for the purpose of survey and examination where it appears to the local authority that survey or examination is necessary in order to determine whether any powers under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts should be exercised in respect of any house, premises or building.
Town Commissioners to be a local authority for purposes of Parts I and II of the Act of 1890.
43.—(1) For the purposes of Part I and Part II of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act, the town commissioners of any town under the Town Improvements (Ireland) Act, 1854, shall be a local authority and shall have for the purposes of the said Parts of the Act of 1890, as so amended the like powers of borrowing and of raising expenses as are conferred on them by the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts 1890 to 1921 for the purposes of Part III. of the Act of 1890.
(2) Such town commissioners shall for the purpose of holding any land acquired by them under Part I or Part II of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act and of suing and being sued in respect thereof be deemed to be a body corporate with perpetual succession and any instrument relating to any such land shall be duly executed by such town commissioners if executed in manner provided by section 59 of the Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to conveyances by commissioners who are not a body corporate.
(3) Section 100 of the Act of 1890 shall in its application to town commissioners have effect as if the reference therein to Part III of the Act of 1890 were construed as a reference to Parts I, II and III of the Act of 1890, as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act.
Power of Minister to obtain a report on any crowded area.
44.—If it appears to the Minister that owing to density of population, or any other reason, it is expedient to inquire into the circumstances of any area with a view to determining whether any powers under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts should be put into force in that area or not, the Minister may require the local authority to make a report to him containing such particulars as to the population of the district and other matters as he may direct and the local authority shall comply with the requirement of the Minister, and any expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be paid as expenses incurred in the execution of such part of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act as the Minister may determine.
Power of Minister to prescribe forms, etc., and to dispense with advertisements and notices.
45.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations prescribing anything which by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts is required to be prescribed and also the form of any notice advertisement or other document and the scale of any map which is required or authorised to be used or given under or for the purposes of the said Acts.
(2) The Minister may dispense with the publication of advertisements or the service of notices required to be published or served by a local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, if he is satisfied that there is reasonable cause for dispensing with the publication or service thereof.
(3) Any such dispensation may be given by the Minister either before or after the time at which the advertisement is required to be published or the notice is required to be served and either unconditionally or upon such conditions as to the publication of other advertisements or the service of other notices or otherwise as the Minister thinks fit, due care being taken by the Minister to prevent the interests of any persons being prejudiced by the dispensation.
(4) Every regulation made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which that House has sat annulling such regulation, such regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such regulation.
Penalty for preventing execution of repairs, etc.
46.—(1) If any person, after receiving notice of the intended action—
(a) being the occupier of any premises prevents the owner thereof or his officers, agents, servants or workmen from carrying into effect with respect to those premises any of the provisions of Part III of this Act;
(b) being the owner or occupier of any premises prevents the medical officer of health or any officers, agents, servants or workmen of such officer or of the local authority from so doing; or
(c) being the inmate of any premises, prevents the owner thereof or any other person upon whom any obligations with respect to the premises are imposed by bye-laws under section 20 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, from complying with such obligations,
a court of summary jurisdiction on proof thereof may order that person to permit to be done on the premises all things requisite for carrying into effect such provisions or the fulfilment of such obligations with respect to the premises.
(2) If any such person fails to comply with any such order of a court of summary jurisdiction, he shall for each day during which the failure continues be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
Provisions with respect to official representations.
47.—(1) For the purposes of this Act or the Act of 1890 the expression “official representation” means, in the case of any local authority, a representation made to that authority by the medical officer thereof.
(2) The medical officer of health of a local authority shall make an official representation to the local authority whenever he is of opinion that any dwelling house in their district is unfit for human habitation, or that any area in their district is an area which should be dealt with either as a clearance area or as an improvement area; and if any four or more local government electors of the district complain to the medical officer of health in writing that any dwelling-house is unfit for human habitation, or that any area should be dealt with either as a clearance area or as an improvement area, it shall be his duty forthwith to inspect that house οr that area and to make a report to the local authority stating the facts of the case and whether, in his opinion, the house is unfit for human habitation, or whether, in his opinion, the area should be dealt with either as a clearance area or as an improvement area; but the absence of any such complaint shall not excuse him from inspecting any dwelling-house or area and making a representation thereon to the local authority.
(3) A local authority shall so soon as may be take into consideration any official representation which has been made to them.
Remuneration of solicitors for business under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
48.—Unless the Minister shall in any particular case otherwise direct or agree, the costs payable by a local authority in respect of the acquisition of land for the purposes of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts shall be regulated by the General Order dated the 16th day of April, 1884, as amended by the General Order dated the 17th day of May, 1920, made in pursuance of the Solicitors Remuneration Act, 1881, and the provisions of the said first-mentioned General Order as amended as aforesaid shall, with the exception of Clause 6 and Rule 11 in Part I of Schedule I of the said Order, apply accordingly.
Service of notices, etc.
49.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts as to the service of any notice, summons, writ or other proceeding at law or otherwise on local authorities, any notice, order, or other document required or authorised to be served under those Acts may be served either—
(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or
(b) by leaving it at the usual or last-known place of abode of that person; or
(c) by forwarding it by post in a pre-paid registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last-known place of abode, or in the case of an incorporated company or registered society addressed to the secretary of the company or society at the registered or principal office of the company or society; or
(d) if addressed to the “owner” or “occupier” of premises, by delivering it to some person on the premises, or if there is no person in the premises on whom it can be so served, then by affixing it to some conspicuous part of the premises
(2) Subject as aforesaid, any notice, order or other document which is by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts required or authorised to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be addressed to the “owner” or “occupier” of the premises (naming them) without further name or description.
Application of provisions of section 11 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, amending the Lands Clauses Acts.
50.—Paragraphs (1) to (8) and paragraph (12) of section 11 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, which amend the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the payment of purchase money, the conveyance of land and other matters shall apply to the taking of land otherwise than by agreement under the Lands Clauses Acts as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Acts by a local authority for the purposes of those Acts, in like manner as the said paragraphs apply to a district council so taking land for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, with the modification that in paragraph (1) of the said section 11 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, the words “Lands Clauses Acts” shall be substituted for the words “Land Purchase Acts.”
Miscellaneous amendments of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
51.—(1) Paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall be amended by the addition of the words “are suitable or” after the word “which” in the said paragraph.
(2) Sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall be amended by the addition of the following paragraph:—
(iii) the lease or sale under the powers conferred by this Act to philanthropic societies or bodies of persons approved of by the Minister of any estate or interest in any houses which are suitable or might be made suitable as houses for the working classes with a view to such houses being maintained or being made suitable and maintained as houses for the working classes by such philanthropic societies or bodies of persons.
(3) Paragraph (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall be amended by the addition of the words “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” after the word “gardens” in the said paragraph.
(4) Paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall be amended by the addition of the words “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” after the word “gardens” in the said paragraph.
(5) Sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall have effect as if the words from “subject to any condition” to “thereon, and” were omitted therefrom.
(6) Section 17 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, which confers powers on the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make loans to private persons shall become a permanent enactment and any provision in any Act in force at the date of the passing of this Act which limits the period for which the said section is to remain in force shall cease to have effect.
Execution by local authorities of works under section 20 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
52.—Where an owner or other person has failed to execute any work which he has been required to execute under bye-laws made by a local authority in pursuance of section 20 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, the local authority by whom such bye-laws are enforced may after giving to him not less than twenty-one days' notice in writing themselves execute the works and recover the costs and expenses and for that purpose the provisions of Part III of this Act with respect to the enforcement of notices requiring the execution of repairs and the recovery of expenses by local authorities shall apply with such modifications as are necessary.
Assessment of compensation in respect of existing houses acquired by a local authority.
53.—Where a local authority acquire compulsorily any house which is suitable or might be made suitable for persons of the working classes for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890, as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act, the compensation payable in respect thereof shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions contained in Part II of the Third Schedule to this Act.
Minor and consequential amendments of housing enactments.
54.—The amendments specified in the Second Column of the Fourth Schedule to this Act which relate to minor or consequential details shall be made in the sections and sub-sections of the housing enactments specified in the First Column of that Schedule.
PART V
Labourers Cottages.
Increase of rate for purposes of Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930.
55.—(1) Section 17 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, shall be amended by the substitution therein of the words “two shillings” for the words “one shilling” in the proviso to the said section.
(2) Section 12 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, shall be amended by the substitution of the word “sixpence” for the word “three-pence” in the said section.
Suspension of operation of section 15 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883.
56.—(1) The operation of section 15 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, shall be suspended until the expiration of a period of five years from the passing of this Act and where any provisional order has been confirmed before the passing of this Act or is confirmed after the passing of this Act but before the expiration of the said period, time shall for the purposes of the said section be reckoned as if the order had been confirmed on the last day of the said period and not previously.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any right, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the said section 15 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, before the passing of this Act, for the enforcement whereof proceedings have been commenced in any court before the first day of October, 1931, and are pending at the passing of this Act and any such proceedings may be continued as if this Act had not been passed.
Power of Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to lend money for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930.
57.—A sanitary authority may in the exercise of any power of borrowing conferred upon them by the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, borrow money from the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland and the said Commissioners may with the consent of the Minister for Finance and on the recommendation of the Minister lend such money to such sanitary authority under the Public Works (Ireland) Acts, 1831 to 1886, as amended by the Public Works Loans Act, 1897, and notwithstanding anything contained in the said Acts such loan may be made by the said Commissioners for such period and at such rate of interest as the Minister for Finance may from time to time prescribe.
Power to acquire buildings for purposes of Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930.
58.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, a sanitary authority acting in the execution of these Acts may with the sanction of the Minister for the purpose of providing accommodation for agricultural labourers acquire any building and may alter, enlarge, improve or repair any such building so acquired by them so as to render such building in all respects fit for habitation by agricultural labourers.
PART VI.
Acquisition of Small Dwellings.
Advances to persons intending to construct houses under the Small Dwellings Acquisition (Ireland) Acts, 1899 and 1919.
59.—(1) The Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, as amended by the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall have effect subject to the following amendments:—
(a) An advance under those Acts may be made to a person intending to construct a house, and in such case the limitation in those Acts requiring that the person to whom the advance is made must be resident in the house, shall be construed as requiring that the person should be a person intending to reside in the house when constructed;
(b) The statutory condition requiring the proprietor of a house in respect of which an advance has been made to reside in the house shall have effect for a period of three years from the date when the advance is made, or from the date on which the house is completed, whichever is the later, but no longer, and compliance with this condition may at any time be dispensed with by the local authority;
(c) Where an advance is made in respect of a house in course of construction, the advance may be made by instalments from time to time as the building of the house progresses, so that the total advance does not at any time before the completion of the house exceed fifty per centum of the value of the work done up to that time on the construction of the house including the value of the interest of the person to whom the advance is made in the site thereof;
(d) A person shall not, by reason only of the fact that an advance is made to him under those Acts, be disqualified from being elected as or being a member of the local authority by whom the advance is made or any committee of such local authority.
(2) Paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, is hereby repealed.
Increase of value of houses in respect of which advances may be made.
60.—Sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, as amended by the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, shall be amended by the substitution therein of one thousand pounds for eight hundred pounds as the limit of the market value of houses in respect of which advances may be made.
PART VII.
Amendments of the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930.
Increase of aggregate amount of grants under Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930.
61.—Section 4 of the Housing Act, 1930, is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the aggregate amount of grants made or to be made under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925 (No. 12 of 1925), as amended by section 3 of the Housing Act, 1928 (No. 31 of 1928), together with the aggregate amount of the grants made or to be made under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1929 (No. 12 of 1929), shall not exceed the sum of one million, two hundred and eighty thousand pounds.
Extension of period for erection of houses by private persons.
62.—The First Schedule to the Housing Act, 1929 (No. 12 of 1929), as amended by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1930 (No. 22 of 1930), shall in its application to houses erected by private persons have effect as if there were inserted therein the following rule, and the said Schedule and also section 2 of the first-mentioned Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:—
4. The erection of a house shall have been begun after the 1st day of April, 1929, and shall have been completed on or before the 29th day of February, 1932.
Continuance of assistance to private persons erecting houses.
63.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930, as amended by this Act, the Minister may under section 3 of the Housing Act, 1929 (No. 12 of 1929), as modified by this section, continue to make grants to private persons erecting houses to which that Act as modified by this section applies.
(2) For the purposes of this section the aggregate amount of the grants made or to be made under the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930, as amended by this Act, shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds.
(3) The Housing Act, 1929 (No. 12 of 1929) shall for the purposes of this section, have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—
(a) Paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Act shall have effect as if there were substituted therein “£20” for “£45”;
(b) Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (3) of section 5 and sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 7 of the said Act shall not apply;
(c) No grant shall be made by the Minister under the said Act unless the local authority within whose functional area the house is erected make a grant in respect of the house of an amount equivalent to that made by the Minister;
(d) For rules 2 and 4 of the First Schedule to the said Act there shall be substituted the following rules:—
2. The floor area of a house shall not be less than 500 square feet and not more than—
(a) 950 square feet if such house is erected in a county borough, borough, urban district or town; or
(b) 1,250 square feet if such house is erected elsewhere;
4. The erection of the house shall have been begun on or after the 1st day of October, 1931, and shall have been completed after the 29th day of February, 1932, but before the expiration of this section.
(4) This section shall continue in force until the 31st day of December, 1933, and shall then expire.
PART VIII.
Financial Provisions.
State contributions to expenses of provision of houses for the working classes.
64.—(1) The Minister may with the consent of the Minister for Finance out of monies to be provided by the Oireachtas, make contributions not exceeding the amounts and over periods not exceeding the periods hereinafter specified to local authorities and public utility societies towards the expenses incurred by them in the provision of houses for the working classes and agricultural labourers, that is to say:—
(a) in the case of houses to which this paragraph applies erected for the purpose of accommodating persons displaced by any operations of a local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts—
(i) forty per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding fifteen years and thirty-three and one-third per centum of such annual loan charges over a subsequent continuous period not exceeding twenty-two years, if such houses each contain two or more separate tenements and are erected on land acquired under Part II of this Act as being land comprised in or surrounded by or adjoining a clearance area or land included in an improvement scheme made and confirmed under Part I of the Act of 1890 before the passing of this Act or with the consent of the Minister on any other land;
(ii) thirty per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding fifteen years and twenty per centum of such annual loan charges over a subsequent continuous period not exceeding fifteen years, if such houses each contain only one tenement;
(b) in the case of houses to which this paragraph applies which have not been erected for the purpose specified in paragraph (a) hereof twenty per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding thirteen years and fifteen per centum of the annual loan charges over a subsequent continuous period not exceeding five years;
(c) in the case of houses to which this paragraph applies which have not been erected for the purpose specified in paragraph (a) hereof and are not houses to which paragraph (b) applies, fifteen per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding twenty years;
(d) in the case of houses erected by a local authority under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, after the passing of this Act for the accommodation of agricultural labourers, twenty per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding thirty five years;
(e) in the case of houses erected by a public utility society the erection of which is begun after the passing of this Act, fifteen per centum of the annual loan charges in respect of such houses over a period not exceeding twenty years.
(2) The foregoing sub-section shall subject to the provisions therein contained apply as follows:—
(a) Paragraph (a) thereof shall apply to houses erected by a local authority under Part III of the Act of 1890 as amended by any subsequent Act, including this Act—
(i) which are erected under housing schemes the loans in respect of which have been sanctioned by the Minister after the 1st day of April, 1931, and before the passing of this Act; or
(ii) the erection of which is begun and completed after the passing of this Act;
(b) Paragraph (b) thereof shall apply to houses erected by a local authority under Part III of the Act of 1890, as amended as aforesaid under housing schemes the loans in respect of which have been sanctioned by the Minister during the period between the 1st day of April, 1931, and the passing of this Act;
(c) Paragraph (c) thereof shall apply to houses erected by a local authority under Part III of the Act of 1890, as amended as aforesaid, the erection of which is begun and completed after the passing of this Act.
(3) The Minister shall not make any contribution under this section towards the expenses incurred by local authorities or public utility societies in the erection of any houses in respect of which grants have been or undertaken to be paid by him under the Housing Acts, 1925 to 1930.
(4) Where a local authority under section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919, as amended by this Act, acquire any house which is suitable or might be made suitable as a house for the working classes for the purpose of the lease or sale thereof to a philanthropic society or body of persons approved of by the Minister with a view to its being maintained or made suitable by such society or body of persons as a house for the working classes, the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, out of monies to be provided by the Oireachtas, subject to a maximum of two hundred pounds, make a grant of a sum not exceeding one half of the expenses incurred by the local authority in the acquisition of such house and one half of any expenses incurred by such local authority or such society or body of persons in altering, enlarging, improving or repairing such house, if such expenses in so far as they are incurred by a local authority are defrayed otherwise than out of borrowed monies.
(5) Regulations shall be made by the Minister with the approval of the Minister for Finance regulating and imposing conditions and restrictions with respect to the making of contributions and grants under this section and any such regulations may prescribe the maximum rate of interest and the maximum of any loan for the purpose of limiting the amount of contribution based on annual loan charges.
(6) In this section the expression “annual loan charges” means the sums payable by a local authority or public utility society as the case may be in a local financial year in repayment of any loan (including interest charges) borrowed by such authority or society for the purposes of the provision of houses to which this section applies and includes any sums payable to a sinking fund, redemption fund or other like fund established for the repayment of any such loan, and the expression “public utility society” has the same meaning as in the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.
Remission of rates on small dwelling houses.
65.—(1) A local authority having power to levy rates shall in every of the seven local financial years after the valuation for rating of a dwelling house to which this section applies remit two-thirds of the rates leviable in respect of that house in that year by the local authority.
(2) This section applies to any dwelling house the erection of which is begun and completed after the passing of this Act, the floor area of which does not exceed 1,250 square feet but does not apply to any such house erected by a local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts or the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, as amended by this Act.
(3) Section 12 of the Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927) and section 13 of the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929 (No. 41 of 1929) shall not apply to any dwelling house to which this section applies.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the floor area of a dwelling house shall be computed in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the Minister.
Allocation of Irish Housing Fund.
66.—The sums liable to be paid or set apart by any local authority in respect of moneys borrowed by that authority for the purpose of the erection of houses under the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, in respect of the expenses of the provision of which contributions are made by the Minister under this Act shall not be included in the annual housing charge of that authority within the meaning of section 5 of the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Clearance Orders.
1. A clearance order shall be in the prescribed form and shall describe by reference to a map the area to which it applies, and shall fix by reference to the date on which it becomes operative the period not being less than twenty-eight days from that date, within which the local authority require the buildings in the area to be vacated for the purposes of demolition, and for that purpose may fix different periods as respects different buildings.
2. Before submitting the order to the Minister the local authority shall—
(a) publish in one or more newspapers circulating within their district a notice in the prescribed form stating the fact of such order having been made and describing the area comprised therein and naming a place where a copy of the order and of the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours; and
(b) serve on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or a less period than a month) of any building included in the area to which the order relates and so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain such persons, on every mortagee thereof, a notice in the prescribed form stating the effect of the order and that it is about to be submitted to the Minister for confirmation, and specifying the time within and the manner in which objections thereto can be made.
3. So soon as may be after the required notices have been given, the local authority shall submit the order to the Minister for confirmation.
4. If no objection is duly made by any of the persons upon whom notices are required to be served, or if all objections so made are withdrawn, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, confirm the order with or without modification; but in any other case he shall, before confirming the order, cause a public local inquiry to be held and shall consider any objection not withdrawn and the report of the person who held the inquiry, and may then confirm the order, either with or without modification: provided that the order as confirmed by the Minister shall not apply to any building to which the order would not have applied if it had been confirmed without modification.
5. The Minister may confirm an order notwithstanding that the effect of the modifications made by him in excluding any buildings from the clearance area is to sever that area into two or more separate and distinct areas, and in any such case the provisions of this Act relating to the effect of an order when confirmed and to the proceedings to be taken subsequent to the confirmation thereof shall apply as if those areas formed one clearance area.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Compulsory Purchase Orders.
PART I.
Provisions applicable in the case of Compulsory Purchase Orders made for the purposes of this Act and subject to the modifications contained in Part II of this Schedule in the case of such Orders made for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890.
1. A compulsory purchase order shall be in the prescribed form and shall describe by reference to a map the land to which it applies and shall incorporate, subject to the modifications hereinafter mentioned and any necessary adaptations—
(a) the Lands Clauses Acts (except sections one hundred and twenty-seven to one hundred and thirty-two of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845) as amended by the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1890 and the Housing of the Working Classes Acts;
(b) the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended by the Acquisition of Land (Reference Committee) Act, 1925 (No. 22 of 1925).
2. The modifications, subject to which the Lands Clauses Acts and the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, as amended as aforesaid shall be incorporated in the Order are as follows:—
(i) The compensation shall be assessed in accordance with such of the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts relating to the assessment of compensation in respect of land purchased compulsorily as are applicable to the particular case;
(ii) The arbitrator shall not take into account any building erected or any improvement or alteration made or any interest in land created after the date on which notice of the order having been made is published in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule if, in the opinion of the arbitrator, the erection of the building or the making of the improvement or alteration or the creation of the interest in respect of which a claim is made was not reasonably necessary and was carried out with a view to obtaining or increasing compensation.
3. If the order is made in connection with a clearance area it shall show in the prescribed manner what parts, if any, of the land to be purchased compulsorily are outside the clearance area.
4. Before submitting the order to the Minister the local authority shall—
(a) publish in one or more newspapers circulating within their district a notice in the prescribed form stating the fact of such an order having been made and describing the area comprised therein and naming a place where a copy of the order and of the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours; and
(b) serve on every owner, lessee and occupier (except tenants for a month or a less period than a month) of any land to which the order relates, and, so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain such persons, on every mortgagee thereof, a notice in the prescribed form stating the effect of the order and that it is about to be submitted to the Minister for confirmation, and specifying the time within and the manner in which objections thereto can be made.
5. If no objection is duly made by any of the persons upon whom notices are required to be served, or if all objections so made are withdrawn the Minister may, if he thinks fit, confirm the order with or without modification, but in any other case he shall before confirming the order, cause a public local inquiry to be held, and shall consider any objection not withdrawn and the report of the person who held the inquiry, and may then confirm the order either with or without modification:
Provided that—
(a) the Minister may require any person who has made an objection to state in writing the grounds thereof, and may confirm the order without causing a public local inquiry to be held if he is satisfied that every objection duly made relates exclusively to matters which can be dealt with by the arbitrator by whom the compensation is to be assessed;
(b) the order as confirmed by the Minister shall not—
(i) authorise the local authority to purchase compulsorily any land which the order would not have authorised them so to purchase if it had been confirmed without modification;
(ii) authorise the authority to purchase as being land comprised in a clearance area any land shown in the original order as being outside that area;
(c) if the Minister is of opinion that any land included by the local authority in a clearance area ought not to have been so included, he shall in confirming the order so modify it as to exclude that land for all purposes from the clearance area; but if in any such case he is of opinion that the land may properly be purchased by the authority under section seven of this Act, he shall further modify the order so as to authorise the local authority to purchase that land under the said section seven and not as being land comprised in the clearance area.
6. The Minister may confirm an order made in connection with a clearance area notwithstanding that the effect of the modifications made by him in excluding any buildings from the clearance area is to sever that area into two or more separate and distinct areas, and in any such case the provisions of this Act relating to the effect of an order when confirmed and to the proceedings to be taken subsequent to the confirmation thereof shall apply as if these areas formed one clearance area.
7. In construing for the purpose of this schedule or any order made thereunder any enactment incorporated in the order, this Act, together with the order, shall be deemed to be the special Act and the local authority shall be deemed to be the promoters of the undertaking.
PART II
Modifications of Part I of this Schedule in the application thereof to Compulsory Purchase Orders made for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890.
The provisions contained in Part I of this Schedule shall apply to the making, submission and confirmation of compulsory purchase orders made for the purposes of Part III of the Act of 1890 subject to the following modifications, that is to say: paragraph 3, so much of paragraph 4 as requires the service of notices on mortgagees and the provisos (b) (ii) and (c) to paragraph 5 shall not apply.
THIRD SCHEDULE.
PART I.
Rules as to Assessment of Compensation applicable in the case of land comprised in a clearance area.
The arbitrator shall assess the compensation to be paid for the land, including any buildings thereon, as the value at the time the valuation is made of the land as a site cleared of buildings and available for development in accordance with the requirements of the building bye-laws for the time being in force in the district less such sum as shall be estimated to be the cost of clearing and levelling such land.
PART II.
Rules as to Assessment of Compensation applicable in the case of land purchased under Part II of this Act, not being land comprised in a Clearance Area.
1. If the arbitrator is satisfied with respect to any premises that the rental thereof was enhanced by reason of their being used for illegal purposes, or being so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, the compensation shall so far as it is based on rental, be based on the rental which would have been obtainable if the premises were occupied for legal purposes and only by the number of persons whom the premises were, under all the circumstances of the case, fitted to accommodate without such overcrowding.
2. If the arbitrator is satisfied that any premises are in a state of defective sanitation or are not in reasonably good repair the compensation shall be the estimated value of the premises if put into a sanitary condition, or reasonably good repair, less the estimated expense of putting them into such condition or repair.
3. The local authority may tender evidence as to the matters aforesaid, notwithstanding that they have not taken any steps with a view to remedying the defects or evils disclosed by the evidence.
4. The arbitrator shall have regard to and make an allowance in respect of any increased value which, in his opinion, will be given to other premises of the same owner by the demolition by the local authority of any buildings.
Fourth schedule.
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF HOUSING ENACTMENTS.
Enactment Amended | Manner and Extent of Amendment |
The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. | 1. In sub-section (7) of section 8 for the words “they think fit” there shall be substituted the words “the Minister thinks fit,” and for the words from “any person” to “compulsorily” the words “any owner of any lands included in a clearance order or compulsory purchase order made under this Part of this Act,” and for the word “scheme” at the end of the said sub-section the word “order.” 2. In sub-section (8) of section 8 for the words “any provisional order under this Part of this Act,” there shall be substituted the words “such order as aforesaid.” 3. In sub-sections (7), (8) and (9) of section 8 for the words “the confirming authority” there shall be substituted the words “the Minister.” 4. The following sub-section shall be added to section 36:— (5) Any person aggrieved by a charging order made under this section may appeal against the same to the Circuit Court whose decision shall be final and not subject to any appeal. 5. In sub-section (2) of section 47 for the words from “the dwelling house” to “Act, and that” there shall be substituted the words “a dwelling house in respect of which a notice requiring the execution of works has been served or a clearance order or demolition order has been made, that owing to the default of any other owner of the house in executing any works required to be executed on the house or in the demolition of the house”; and for the word “building” where the same lastly occurs, the word “house”; and the words “or to claim to retain the site” shall be omitted. 6. In sub-section (3) of section 47 the words from “or the time” to the end of the sub-section shall be omitted. 7. In section 48 there shall be added after the word “made,” the words “or a notice requiring the execution of works is served,” and after the words “any such order,” the words “or notice.” 8. In section 43 the words “raising sums required for purchase money or compensation payable under” shall be omitted. |
9. In section 89 for the words “the confirming authority mentioned in Part I of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “the Minister or any person authorised to enter houses, premises or buildings in pursuance of this Act,” and there shall be added after the word “authority” where the same lastly occurs, the words “or person.” 10. In article 6 of the Second Schedule for the word “three” there shall be substituted the word “two.” | |
The Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908. | 11. In the definition of the expression working classes in section 16, for the words “thirty shillings” there shall be substituted the words “three pounds.” |
Fifth Schedule.
ENACTMENTS REPEALED.
Session and Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |
53 & 54 Vic. Ch. 70. | The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. | Part I with the exception of section 3; sub-section (7) to (9) of section 8; and sections 24, 25 and 26 thereof; Part II with the exceptions of sections 36 and 37; sections 42 to 44; sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 47; and section 48 thereof; and sections 77 and 78 in Part IV. |
57 & 58 Vic. Ch. 55. | The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1894. | The whole Act. |
8 Ed. VII. Ch. 61. | The Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Act, 1908 | Sub-section (2) of section 3; section 6; sections 9 and 10; section 13. |
9 & 10 Geo. V. Ch. 45. | The Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919. | Sections 5, 6 and 7; sub-section (3) of section 8; section 10; the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 11; section 15; sub-section (3) of section 20 from the words “and section 51” to the end of that subsection; sub-section (4) of section 20; section 23; section 27; section 29; the proviso to section 32; and the First Schedule. |
9 & 10 Geo, V. Ch. 99. | The Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919. | Section 4. |
11 & 12 Geo.V. Ch. 19. | The Housing Act, 1921. | Sub-section (4) of section 10. |