Land Act, 1950

Acquisition or resumption price where possession of land was taken under Article 38 of Emergency Powers Order, 1939.

6.—Where—

(a) possession has, whether before or after the passing of this Act, been taken of any land under Article 38 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (S. R. & O., No. 224 of 1939), and

(b) the value of the land has been increased by any works carried out on the land at the cost of a Minister of State, the former Turf Development Board Limited, or Bord na Móna during the period for which possession of the land was retained under the said Article 38, and

(c) the land is, within five years after possession thereof under the said Article 38 has been terminated, acquired or resumed under the Land Purchase Acts,

then, in fixing the price or compensation on the acquisition or resumption under those Acts and notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, no account shall be taken of, or compensation allowed in respect of, any such increase in value.