Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1899

CONGESTED DISTRICTS BOARD (IRELAND) ACT 1899

CHAPTER XVIII

An Act to amend certain provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, affecting the Congested Districts Board, and to make further provision for the expenses of that Board out of money provided by Parliament.[4] [1st August 1899.]

Amendment of 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47, s. 40, in case of purchase by Congested Districts Board.

1. Where the Congested Districts Board make an offer to the Land Judge for the purchase of an estate or part of an estate for the purpose of re-selling the same to the tenants thereon, the provisions of section forty of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896 (in this Act referred to as the principal Act), shall be suspended, and shall not have effect in the case of that estate or part of an estate unless and until the offer is refused by the Land Judge, or is withdrawn.

Provision for redemption of superior interests in case of purchase of land by Congested Districts Board.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 66.

50 & 51 Vict. c. 33.

2.(1) Where the Land Commission have made an advance to the Congested Districts Board under sub-section (1) of section forty-three of the principal Act, and the land purchased by the Board is subject to any superior interest as defined by section thirty-one of the principal Act, or any incumbrance as defined by section thirty-four of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887, the Land Commission may on the application of the Board exercise any powers for the apportionment and redemption of superior interests conferred on them by the Land Purchase Acts, and may direct that a sum of guaranteed land stock equivalent at the price of the day to the redemption price of the superior interest, or the amount due in respect of such incumbrance, as the case may be, shall be advanced and disposed of in like manner as if the advance were made to a tenant for the purchase of his holding, and the amount of such advance shall be repaid by the Board in the manner provided by sub-section (3) of the said section forty-three.

(2) Rules for the purposes of this section may be made by the Land Commission, and shall be laid before Parliament.

Amendment of 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47, ss. 43 and 44, with respect to registration of land and stamp duty.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 66.

3.[1] —(1) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) of section forty-three of the principal Act, the Land Commission shall not make an advance under that sub-section unless the ownership of the land is registered under the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891.

(2) Where the ownership of any land has been registered under the said Act of 1891, after the date of an agreement for the sale thereof to the Congested Districts Board, no fee shall be payable to the Local Registration of Title Office on the transfer to the trustees of the Board of that land, and in no case shall any such fee be payable on any sale by that Board to a tenant of his holding upon any land the ownership of which is registered.

(3) So much of sub-section (5) of section forty-four of the principal Act as exempts the holdings therein mentioned from the provisions of the said Act of 1891 is hereby repealed.

(4) No stamp duty shall be payable on any purchase of land by the Board for the purpose of sales to tenants.

[S. 4 (1) rep. 1 Edw. 7. c. 3, s. 1 (3); (2) rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

Provision of money for Congested Districts Board.

54 & 55 Vict. c. 48.

5. For the purposes of sub-section (3) of section forty of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, and for other purposes of the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts, there shall be paid . . . . to the Congested Districts Board, subject to such conditions as the Treasury may require, out of money provided by Parliament, an annual sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand pounds.

Short title and construction.

6.(1) This Act may be cited as the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1899.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts, and together with those Acts may be cited collectively.

[4 Short title, “The Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1899.” See s. 6(1).]

[1 S. 3 rep. 3 Edw. 7. c. 37, s. 103, except as to agreements for purchase made before August 14th, 1903.]