Local Authorities (Acceptance of Gifts) Act, 1945

Civic improvement scheme.

2.—(1) A local authority may, from time to time, adopt schemes for the acceptance, holding and administration of gifts of real or personal property for civic improvements and any such scheme may be in respect of civic improvements generally, a particular class or particular classes of civic improvements or one particular civic improvement.

(2) A civic improvement scheme shall, in particular provide for—

(a) the establishment of a separate fund under the control of the local authority adopting the scheme and the payment into such fund of any moneys given for the purposes of the scheme and any revenues arising from property other than money so given,

(b) the investment of moneys in such fund which are not for the time being required to be expended,

(c) the expenditure of moneys in such fund and the procedure for and the restrictions (if any) on the making of payments therefrom.

(3) A civic improvement scheme may be varied by the local authority which adopted it if the High Court, on an application in which the Minister is named as respondent, sanctions the variation.

(4) The accounts of a voluntary civic improvement fund shall be part of the accounts of the local authority which adopted the scheme for the purposes of the enactments relating to the audit of the accounts of local authorities.

(5) The adoption of a civic improvement scheme shall be a reserved function.