Housing Act, 1966
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Certain dwellings to be deemed to be provided under this Act. |
118.—(1) Dwellings of which a housing authority are the owner which— | |
(a) immediately before the commencement of this section were deemed, by virtue of section 16 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1954 , to have been provided under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1958, | ||
(b) immediately before the commencement of this section were deemed, by virtue of section 20 of the said Act, to have been provided under the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1962, or | ||
(c) are used by the authority for the purposes of this Act and which, apart from this section, would be dwellings not provided by the authority under this Act, | ||
shall be deemed to be dwellings provided under this Act. | ||
(2) A housing authority may, as respects a dwelling mentioned in subsection (1) of this section or a dwelling provided under this Act, certify that the dwelling is a dwelling so provided or a dwelling deemed to have been so provided, as may be appropriate, and in any proceedings a certificate issued by the authority under this subsection shall be prima facie evidence of the contents thereof and it shall not be necessary to prove any signature on the certificate. |