Housing (Amendment) Act, 1956

Amendment of section 24 of Act of 1950.

16.—Section 24 of the Act of 1950 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:

“(3) (a) The council of a county by whom a cottage is let under this section may declare that the person to whom the cottage is let is a qualified person for the purposes of section 16 of the Labourers Act, 1936 (No. 24 of 1936), and such person shall thereupon be a qualified person for those purposes.

(b) The making of a declaration under this subsection shall be a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1955.”