LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 96 Provision of offices, halls, etc.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 96

Provision of offices, halls, etc.

96.(1) The purposes for which a council may acquire and hold land shall
include

(a)the benefit of the inhabitants of its district;

(b)the improvement, development or future development of its district;

(2) The right of a council to acquire land may be exercised, notwithstanding
that the land is not immediately required for any of the purposes for which
the council is constituted; but the council shall not exercise that right by
virtue of this subsection otherwise than with the approval of the Ministry.

(3) Section 127 (disposal of superfluous lands) of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 shall not apply with respect to any
acquisition of land by a council, and sections 128 to 131 of that Act (right
of pre-emption of former owners) shall not apply with respect to any land
acquired by a council by agreement.

(4) Without prejudice to section 63(1), so much of section 19(1)(a)(iv) of the
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as confers a right to charge
property shall not apply to a council.

(5) The right of a council to dispose of land shall be subject to the
following restrictions

(a)except with the approval of the Ministry, any disposal of land shall be at
the best price or for the best rent or otherwise on the best terms that can be
reasonably obtained;

(b)any disposal of land which has been acquired otherwise than by agreement
shall be subject to the right of pre-emption conferred by sections 128 to 131
of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.

(6) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), a council may appropriate land held by
it to any purpose for which it has the right to acquire land.

(7) Where land has been acquired by a council otherwise than by agreement for
any purpose, the council shall not appropriate it to any other purpose unless
the appropriation is approved by the Ministry.

(8) Subsection (6) shall not authorise a council to fail to observe and
perform any covenant or condition subject to which a gift or lease of any land
has been accepted or made, without the consent of the donor, grantor, lessor
or other person entitled in law to the benefit of the covenant or condition.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 96