Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891

Miscellaneous as to area.

22.(1) A holding situated in more than one county shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be in such county as the Land Commission, having regard to the area and value of the holding, determine.

(2) The counties of cities and counties of towns specified in the First Schedule to this Act shall, for the purposes of this Act, be considered as included in the counties therein named for that purpose, and the amount required in pursuance of this Act to be raised by a levy on any such county shall be apportioned by the Lord Lieutenant between such county of a city or county of a town and the rest of the county, in proportion to the rateable value of each area, and the provisions of this Act as to a levy on a county shall apply with the necessary modifications to such county of a city or town, and in particular with the substitution for the grand jury of the county of the grand jury of such county of a city or town, or of any body therein to whom the power of a grand jury as to the presentment of public money has been transferred.

(3) Nothing in this Act shall apply to a municipal borough mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, except it shall be entitled to the same share in the Exchequer contribution and the Irish probate duty grant, as if the Act applied.

(4) Provided that, if the town council of any such municipal borough shall by resolution so declare, this Act shall apply to such municipal borough in like manner as if such municipal borough were specified in the First Schedule to this Act; and the same shall be considered as part of the county at large within which it is situated, and if such borough is situated within more than one such county each portion thereof shall be considered part of the county at large within which that portion is situated.