Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1959

Consequential amendments.

8.—(1) The limitations imposed by subsection (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1949, as amended by section 5 of the Act of 1953, on the amounts of grants shall not apply in any case to which subsection (1) or (2) of section 2 or subsection (4) of section 3 of this Act applies.

(2) A grant shall not be made under subsection (3) (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1953) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 in a case such as is referred to in subsection (2) of section 3 of this Act or in a case in which, if the grant were made, it would be towards work commencing after the passing of this Act.

(3) (a) A grant shall not be made under subsection (4) (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1953) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 in a case such as is referred to in subsection (3) of section 3 of this Act.

(b) A grant shall not be made under the said subsection (4) in a case in which, if the grant were made, it would be towards work commencing after the passing of this Act.

(c) Paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not prevent the making of a grant in a case in which the grant has been sanctioned before the passing of this Act and is in relation to a dwelling-house not situate in an area which at the time of the sanction was one of the areas then standing determined to be Gaeltacht areas by order under section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956 .

(4) A grant under subsection (7) (inserted by subsection (1) of section 3 of this Act) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 shall be a relevant grant within the meaning and for the purposes of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1952 .

(5) The restriction imposed by section 4 of the Act of 1934 shall not apply with respect to a grant under subsection (7) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 or a loan related to such a grant.

(6) The reference in subsection (1) of section 7 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1958 , to subsection (3) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 shall be construed as including a reference to subsection (5) (inserted by subsection (1) of section 3 of this Act) of the said section 3 and, correspondingly, the reference in subsection (4) of the said section 7 to providing and installing in a house a private water supply and sewerage system shall be construed as including a reference to providing and installing therein a private water supply, sewerage facilities or a fitted bathroom including hot-water supply, or all three or any two of those amenities.

(7) The restriction imposed by section 4 of the Act of 1934 shall not apply with respect to a holiday chalet building grant, a hostel building grant or a loan related to a holiday chalet building grant.

(8) Section 6 of the Act of 1929 is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) of “or holiday chalet or hostel” after “dwelling-house”.

(9) Subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1929 is hereby amended by the insertion of “or holiday chalet” after “dwelling-house” in both places where that word occurs.

(10) Section 16 of the Act of 1929 is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of “holiday chalets, hostels” after “dwelling-houses,” in both places where that word occurs.