Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act, 1883

Terms of repayment of advances made by Commission

33 & 34 Vict. c. 46.

35 & 36 Vict. c. 32.

15. (1.) Any advance made by the Land Commission for the purpose of supplying money for the purchase of a holding or parcel from a public company shall be repaid by an annuity in favour of the Land Commission for thirty-five years of five pounds for every hundred pounds of such advance, and so in proportion for any less sum.

(2.) Every such advance shall be secured to the Commission either in such manner as may be agreed on between the Commission and the person to whom the advance is made, and as the Commission think sufficient, or in manner provided by Part III. of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, as amended by the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1872, in like manner in all respects as if the same were such an advance as is mentioned in those Acts, and as if the Land Commission were the Board therein mentioned, and as if the person receiving the advance were a tenant or purchaser therein mentioned.

Provided always, that where any such advance is secured in the manner provided by Part III. of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, as amended by the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1872, the first half-yearly payment of the annuity shall, where the advance is not made on one of the gale days (namely, the first day of May or the first day of November), be due and paid on the second of such gale days after the date of the advance; and together with such first half-yearly payment there shall be due and paid an additional sum for interest on the advance at the rate of three and a half per cent. per annum from the date of the advance until the first gale day next after that date.

(3.) Any person liable to pay an annuity in this section mentioned may redeem the same, or any part thereof, or may prepay any instalments thereof in such manner and on such terms as is provided by section fifty-one of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, or in such other manner, and on such other terms, as the Treasury may from time to time approve, having regard to the due repayment of the loan and the protection of the Land Commission against loss by the said loan.