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TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) ACT 1854 - SECT 1

""Rackrent.''

1. The following words and expressions in this Act shall have the meanings
hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context
repugnant to such construction; (that is to say,)... ["councillor" has the
meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of the Local Government Act (Northern
Ireland) 1972; "district" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of
the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972; "district council" means a
council established under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;]
the word ["householder" shall mean a local government elector registered in
respect of a qualification in the town]; the word "occupier" shall extend to
and include an immediate lessor made liable under this Act to assessments in
cases of premises of such small annual value as hereinafter mentioned
respectively in that behalf, and such word "occupier" shall not include a
lodger or a party in the occupation as tenant of a furnished house let for a
less period than one year, but shall include the party by whom such furnished
house is so let;... the word "lands" and the word "premises" shall include all
lands, springs, dwelling houses, shops, warehouses, vaults, cellars, stables,
breweries, manufactories, mills, and other houses and buildings, and yards and
places; the word "street" shall extend to and include any road, bridge, lane,
square, court, alley, and thoroughfare or public passage; ... the word
"owner," used with reference to any lands or premises in respect of which any
work is required to be done or any assessment paid under this Act, shall mean
the person for the time entitled to receive, or who, if such lands or premises
were let to a tenant at a rackrent, would be entitled to receive the rackrent
from the occupier thereof; the expression "assistant barrister" shall mean the
assistant barrister for the county or place in which the lands or premises in
question are situate...; the expression "rackrent" shall mean rent which is
not less than two thirds of the full net annual value of the property out of
which the rent arises, and the full net annual value shall ... be taken to be
the rent at which the property ought reasonably to be expected to let from
year to year, free from all quit rent, head rent, ground rent, and usual
tenants rates and taxes, and deducting therefrom the probable annual cost of
the repairs, insurance, and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the
same in a state to command such rent; the expression "private assessment"
shall mean any assessment or charge on individuals for private improvement
expenses, or for house drainage, or otherwise under this Act; ...; the word
"cattle" shall include any horse, mare, gelding, foal, colt, filly, bull, cow,
heifer, ox, calf, ass, mule, ram, ewe, wether, lamb, goat, kid, or swine; the
expression "lawful day" shall mean a day not being Sunday, Christmas Day, or
Good Friday, and when any number of days is appointed by this Act the same
shall be construed to mean such lawful days, and be computed inclusive of the
first and exclusive of the last of such days;....

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