Housing (Amendment) Act, 1952
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PART V. Labourers' Cottages. | ||
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Extension of section 5 of Housing and Labourers Act 1937 |
33.—(1) The council of a county shall, as respects their functional area, have the like powers as are conferred on an urban authority by section 5 of the Housing and Labourers Act, 1937 (No. 42 of 1937), as amended, and the purposes of that section shall be deemed to be purposes for which a council of a county may borrow under section 37 of the Act of 1948, and the said section 5 shall be construed and have effect accordingly. | |
(2) Where a notice has been served, whether before or after the passing of this Act, under section 19 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 (No. 50 of 1931), by a housing authority on a person having control of a house and the authority, in pursuance of section 20 of the said Act, has executed the works specified in such notice, the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to such authority a grant not exceeding whichever of the following amounts is the smaller, that is to say:— | ||
(a) £80 for each separate dwelling forming part of such house after the execution of such works, | ||
(b) one third of the cost of such works. | ||
(3) In calculating the expenses incurred by a housing authority under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931 , the amount of any grant paid under subsection (2) of this section to the authority shall be deducted by the authority. |