State Lands Act, 1924

Statement of lease or licence to be laid before Oireachtas.

2.—(1) Where the Minister for Finance proposes to make or grant a lease or licence under this Act he shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas a statement showing the person to whom such lease or licence is proposed to be made or granted, the property proposed to be included in such lease or licence, the fine, rent, or other payments (if any) proposed to be charged for such lease or licence, and the covenants, conditions, and agreements proposed to be inserted in such lease or licence.

(2) No lease or licence shall be made or granted under this Act until either—

(a) each House of the Oireachtas has by resolution authorised the making or granting of such lease or licence either with or without modification of any of the proposed provisions of such lease or licence, or

(b) the expiration of whichever of the following periods shall be the longer, that is to say:—

(i) twenty-one days after the first day on which either House of the Oireachtas shall sit next after the statement in accordance with this section shall have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, or

(ii) twelve days on which either House of the Oireachtas shall have sat after the said statement shall have been so laid before the Houses.

(3) Where a resolution of either House of the Oireachtas authorises the making or granting of a licence under this Act subject to any modification of the proposed provisions of such lease or licence, such lease or licence shall not be granted save with and subject to such modification of its provisions.

(4) This section shall not apply to any lease or licence which may be made or granted under this Act and within three months after the passing thereof in relation to any of the lands and buildings specified in the Schedule to this Act or to any part of those lands or buildings and in accordance with the proposals specified in the said Schedule.