Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932
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Acquisition of land for the purposes of Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1931. |
20.—(1) A board of health, acting in the execution of the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1931, may for any of the purposes of the said Acts, but without any representation or any improvement scheme being made thereunder, acquire land by agreement or be authorised to acquire land compulsorily by means of a compulsory purchase order made by the board of health and submitted to the Minister and confirmed by him in accordance with the provisions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act and may, in either case, without any such representation or any such improvement scheme provide house accommodation on such land or otherwise utilise such land for the purposes of the said Acts. | |
(2) The provisions of section 17 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 (No. 50 of 1931), as amended by this Act, with respect to the validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders made under that Act, as so amended, shall apply to compulsory purchase orders made under this section. | ||
(3) The Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1931, shall be construed with such modifications as may be necessary to give effect to this section. | ||
(4) In this section, the word “land” includes land covered with water, water and water rights. |