Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1899

Amendment of 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47, ss. 43 and 44, with respect to registration of land and stamp duty.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 66.

3.[1] —(1) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) of section forty-three of the principal Act, the Land Commission shall not make an advance under that sub-section unless the ownership of the land is registered under the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891.

(2) Where the ownership of any land has been registered under the said Act of 1891, after the date of an agreement for the sale thereof to the Congested Districts Board, no fee shall be payable to the Local Registration of Title Office on the transfer to the trustees of the Board of that land, and in no case shall any such fee be payable on any sale by that Board to a tenant of his holding upon any land the ownership of which is registered.

(3) So much of sub-section (5) of section forty-four of the principal Act as exempts the holdings therein mentioned from the provisions of the said Act of 1891 is hereby repealed.

(4) No stamp duty shall be payable on any purchase of land by the Board for the purpose of sales to tenants.

[S. 4 (1) rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 3, s. 1 (3); (2) rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

[1 S. 3 rep. 3 Edw. 7. c. 37, s. 103, except as to agreements for purchase made before August 14th, 1903.]