Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992

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Number 18 of 1992


HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1992


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

Shared ownership leases.

3.

Granting of shared ownership leases by housing authorities, etc.

4.

Subsidy towards rent of houses leased by means of shared ownership leases.

5.

Works by housing authorities to private houses.

6.

Assistance by housing authorities of certain bodies.

7.

Subsidy towards rent of houses provided by certain bodies.

8.

Exemption from stamp duty.

9.

Additional provisions relating to section 58 of Principal Act.

10.

Removal of temporary dwellings from certain locations.

11.

Housing loans by housing authorities.

12.

Security of abandoned houses.

13.

Disposal of house mortgages.

14.

Disposal of mortgages held by housing authorities or Housing Finance Agency plc.

15.

Transfer to Housing Finance Agency plc of certain Local Loans Fund loans.

16.

Minimum notice to quit, etc.

17.

Rent books.

18.

Standards for rented houses.

19.

Prohibition on distress for rent of dwelling.

20.

Registration of rented houses.

21.

Statutory declarations.

22.

Payment of grants, etc., not to imply certain warranties.

23.

Definition of housing authority and transfer of functions.

24.

Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act.

25.

Amendment of section 89 of Principal Act.

26.

Power of housing authorities to sell certain dwellings provided under Principal Act.

27.

Amendment of section 15 of Act of 1988.

28.

Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1988.

29.

Amendment of Housing Finance Agency Act, 1981.

30.

Amendment of section 29 of Building Societies Act, 1989.

31.

Increase of certain limits under Principal Act.

32.

Extension of application of section 6 of Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1980.

33.

Increase in fines, etc.

34.

Offences.

35.

Validation of certain payments.

36.

Expenses of housing authorities.

37.

Repeals and savings.

38.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Enactments Repealed


Acts Referred to

Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919

9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57

Building Societies Act, 1989

1989, No. 17

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990

Conveyancing Act, 1881

44 & 45 Vict., c. 41

Conveyancing Acts, 1881 to 1911

Housing Act, 1966

1966, No. 21

Housing Act, 1970

1970, No. 18

Housing Act, 1988

1988, No. 28

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979

1979, No. 27

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act, 1982

1982, No. 6

Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983

1983, No. 22

Housing Finance Agency Act, 1981

1981, No. 37

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Act, 1988

1988, No. 1

Insurance Act, 1989

1989, No. 3

Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1980

1980, No. 10

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1978

1978, No. 7

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978

1978, No. 16

Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860

23 & 24 Vict., c. 154

Local Government Act, 1941

1941, No. 23

Local Government Act, 1946

1946, No. 24

Local Loans Fund Act, 1935

1935, No. 16

National Building Agency Limited Act, 1963

1963, No. 32

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851

14 & 15 Vict., c. 93

Property Values (Arbitration and Appeals) Act, 1960

1960, No. 45

Registration of Title Act, 1964

1964, No. 16

Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854

17 & 18 Vict., c. 103

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Number 18 of 1992


HOUSING (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1992


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE HOUSING ACTS, 1966 TO 1988, THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) ACT, 1978 , THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980 , THE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY ACTS, 1981 TO 1988, THE HOUSING (PRIVATE RENTED DWELLINGS) ACT, 1982 , AND THE BUILDING SOCIETIES ACT, 1989 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS IN RELATION TO HOUSING. [23rd July, 1992]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: