Housing (Amendment) Act, 1950

Amendment and extension of section 44 of Act of 1948.

15.—(1) Section 44 of the Act of 1948 shall apply to every case in which a grant for the erection of a house is made under section 6 of this Act or a grant for the reconstruction of a house is made by the Minister under section 8 of this Act and no grant for such reconstruction is made by the housing authority.

(2) Section 44 of the Act of 1948 is hereby amended, with effect from the passing of that Act, by the substitution, in subsections (1), (2) and (3), of “section 16 or 17” for “section 16”.

(3) Subsection (7) of section 51 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898 , shall not apply in relation to any refund payable by a local authority by reason of the operation of subsection (2) of this section.