Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923
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Transfer of jurisdiction and power of Congested Districts Board. |
6.—(1) There shall be transferred to and vested in the Irish Land Commission immediately on the passing of this Act all and every jurisdiction, power and duty which, immediately before the passing of this Act, appertained to or were by any means vested in the Congested Districts Board under or by virtue of the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts and were situate or exercisable within the area of Saorstát Eireann. | |
(2) Whenever the jurisdiction or powers of the Congested Districts Board in respect of land situate in the Congested Districts Counties as defined by Section 46 of the Irish Land Act, 1909 , were in derogation of the jurisdiction or powers of the Irish Land Commission exercisable in respect of land so situate or were more limited in any respect than the jurisdiction or powers of the Irish Land Commission in respect of land not so situate, the Irish Land Commission shall in addition to the jurisdiction and powers aforesaid of the Congested Districts Board, have in respect of lands so situate all the jurisdiction and powers which on the transfer date were vested in the Irish Land Commission in respect of land so situate, or of land not so situate. | ||
(3) All and every jurisdiction, power and duty transferred by this section which was, previous to the passing of this Act, exercisable or to be performed by the Congested Districts Board or any members or member thereof shall from and after the passing of this Act be exercised and performed by the Commissioners (other than the Judicial Commissioner) of the Irish Land Commission, but subject to the like right (if any) of appeal (including appeal by way of case stated or reference of a point of law) to the Judicial Commissioner of the Irish Land Commission as existed previous to the passing of this Act. |