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POOR LAW ACTS (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1890
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CHAPTER XXX.
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An Act to amend the Poor Laws of Ireland in relation to Rating. [4th August 1890.]
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Short title.
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1. This Act shall be cited as the Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1890.
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Liability of ratepayer.
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2.—(1) When any poor rate has been made for a particular period, and the owner or occupier of any rateable property, who is rated in respect thereof to such poor rate, ceases to be the owner or occupier of such property before the end of such period and has not paid the poor rate, it shall be lawful for the [1]
board of guardians of the poor law union in which the property is situated to determine that such owner or occupier shall be liable to a portion only of the poor rate payable for the whole of such period proportionate to the portion of such period during which he remained owner or occupier, and thereupon he shall notwith-standing anything in any of the Acts now in force for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland, be liable to pay such portion only: Provided, however, that the amount of such portion shall not be leviable by distress and sale of any goods or chattels other than those of the person who has ceased to be such owner or occupier as aforesaid.
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(2) [2]
In any such case, if any other person, before the end of the period for which the poor rate was made, becomes the owner or occupier of the property, such person shall pay a portion of the poor rate payable for the whole of such period proportionate to the portion of such period between his becoming such owner or occupier and the end of such period, and the same shall be recovered from him in the same manner as if he had been originally rated for such property.
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(3) Subject to the provisions of this section the portions of any poor rate which shall become payable under the provisions of this Act shall and may be collected and levied, sued for and recovered, by such and the same ways and means as the entire poor rate might have been collected, levied, sued for, and recovered if this Act had not passed.
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[S. 3 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37, s. 110 (2).]
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[1 Powers as to poor rate transferred to county and urban district councils by 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. ss. 6 (a), 28.]
[2 Restricted by 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37, s. 62.] |
