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Congested estates.
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20.—(1) In subsection (5) of section six of the Act of 1903 (which defines a congested estate) “seven pounds” shall be substituted for “five pounds”; and the consent of the owner required by subsection (4) of that section shall cease to be required.
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(2) Where an estate not being a congested estate within the meaning of the said section as so amended comprises within its area one or more congested townlands, the Land Commission, or, in the case of townlands situated in a congested district county, the Congested Districts Board, may declare all or any one or more of such townlands to be a separate estate for the purposes of the Land Purchase Acts, and such townland or townlands shall thereupon be deemed for those purposes to be a separate congested estate.
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(3) An estate which consists exclusively of one or more congested townlands shall be deemed to be a congested estate.
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(4) The expression “congested townland” means a townland in which more than one half of the holdings are—
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(a) congested holdings; or
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(b) holdings whose aggregate rateable value when divided by their number gives a sum of less than seven pounds for each holding:
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The expression “congested holding” means—
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(a) a holding not exceeding seven pounds in rateable value; or
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(b) a holding held in rundale or intermixed plots.
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