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Disposal of certain land acquired under the Land Purchase Acts.
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8.—(1) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may, subject to this section, sell, or lease for a term of five years or more, any land and sell any other property vested in the Minister under this Act.
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(2) (a) In exercising his power to sell or lease land under subsection (1) the Minister shall, so far as reasonably practicable, have regard to—
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(i) the desire of any smallholder whose holding is situate in the neighbourhood of the land to acquire an interest in the land, and
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(ii) subject thereto, the desire of any former owner from whom the land had been compulsorily acquired, or of his personal representative, to purchase the land,
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but, in any event, the Minister shall, when disposing of land in accordance with this section, have regard to the objectives and purposes of the former Commission.
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(b) For the purpose of this subsection “neighbourhood” includes any place which the Minister is satisfied is not more than five miles from the nearest point of the relevant holding.
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(3) Notice of every intended sale or leasing of land by the Minister, whether by tender, public auction or by private treaty, under this section shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil, and & at least one newspaper published and circulating in the county in which the land is situate or, if there is no such newspaper, in a daily newspaper published in the State and circulating in that county.
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