No. 54/1924:

HOUSING (BUILDING FACILITIES) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1924

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Definition of "Principal Act".

2 Meaning of word "person" in Principal Act.

3 Grants to local authorities erecting or reconstructing houses.

4 Expenses of execution of Principal Act and this Act by local authorities.

5 Extension of application of Principal Act in certain cases.

6 Short title and construction.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOUSING (BUILDING FACILITIES) ACT, 1924 .

[18th December, 1924.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

1.—In this Act the expression "Principal Act" means the Housing (Building Facilities) Act, 1924 (No. 14 of 1924).

2.—The word "person" where it occurs in the Principal Act shall not include and shall be deemed never to have included a local authority, and that Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.

3.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make grants out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas to local authorities erecting or reconstructing houses under the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921.

(2) The amount of any grant made to a local authority in respect of any houses shall not exceed the total of the appropriate sums specified in Part I. of the Schedule to the Principal Act as the maximum grant by the Minister in respect of each of those houses.

(3) Sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the aggregate amount of the grants made or to be made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the said section together with the aggregate amount of the grants to be made under this section shall not exceed the sum of £250,000 in respect of the erection of houses or the sum of £50,000 in respect of the reconstruction of houses.

4.—(1) All expenses incurred before or after the passing of this Act by the council of a county in the execution of the Principal Act or this Act shall be defrayed out of the poor rate and shall be charged upon the whole area of such county exclusive of the area of any borough, urban district, or town having town commissioners situate in such county.

(2) All expenses incurred before or after the passing of this Act by the council of a county borough or urban district or by the commissioners of a town in the execution of the Principal Act or this Act shall be raised and defrayed as if they had been incurred by such council or commissioners in the execution of the Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921.

5.—In addition to the houses mentioned in section 3 of the Principal Act, that Act shall apply and be deemed always to have applied in special cases approved of by the Minister to a house which fulfills the following conditions:—

( a ) the total area of all floors of the house measured inside the external walls does not exceed 1,400 square feet;

( b ) the erection or reconstruction of the house was begun within six months before the passing of the Principal Act;

( c ) the house complies with the provisions of section 3 of the Principal Act other than the provisions relating to the maximum total area of all floors of the house and the provisions relating to the date on which the erection or reconstruction of the house is to be begun.

6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Building Facilities) (Amendment) Act, 1924 .

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act, and this Act and the Principal Act may be cited together as the Housing (Building Facilities) Acts, 1924.