Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998
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Assessment of accommodation needs. |
6.—(1) A relevant housing authority, when making an assessment under section 9 of the Act of 1988, shall, in addition to such assessment and at such other times as the Minister may by direction specify, make an assessment of the need for sites in the functional area concerned. | |
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), section 9 of the Act of 1988 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to an assessment under this Act. | ||
(3) In addition to giving notice to the bodies specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 9 (4) of the Act of 1988, a relevant housing authority shall give notice of the intention to make an assessment under this section to the local consultative committee. | ||
(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a relevant housing authority, in making an assessment shall have regard to— | ||
(a) the estimate of travellers referred to in subsection (5), | ||
(b) the need for sites with limited facilities referred to in section 13 of the Act of 1988 (as amended by this Act) in relation to the annual patterns of movement of travellers, otherwise than as their normal place of residence, and | ||
(c) the views, if any, of the local consultative committee concerned. | ||
(5) A relevant housing authority shall make an estimate of the number of traveller families and households for whom accommodation will be required within the functional area for a period which the Minister may by direction specify. | ||
(6) A housing authority which is the council of an urban district (other than Bray Urban District Council and Dundalk Urban District Council) shall, in relation to an assessment made by it under section 9 of the Act of 1988, furnish from the assessment such information in relation to travellers, as the Minister may by direction specify, to the council of the county in which the urban district is situate and such information shall be furnished within a period as the Minister may by direction specify. | ||
(7) When making an assessment under section 9 of the Act of 1988 a relevant housing authority shall— | ||
(a) inform the local consultative committee of the intention to make the assessment under that section, and | ||
(b) have regard to the matters specified in paragraphs) (a) and (c) of subsection (4). |