Public Works Loans Act, 1888

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Apportionment of land improvement and drainage charges.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 32.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 89.

26 & 27 Vict. c. 88.

6.—(1) Where land is subject to any land improvement charge or drainage charge, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, may, on application being made to them in writing by the owner of the land, or of any part of the land, or, in the case of land subject to a drainage charge, on the application of the drainage board of the district in which the land is situate, or, if they think fit, without any such application, apportion the charge between different portions of the said land, and may issue under their common seal a certificate setting forth such apportionment.

(2) Upon any apportionment being made under this section, so much of the charge as is apportioned to each portion of land shall alone be deemed to be charged upon that portion.

(3) An apportionment under this section shall not be made without the previous consent of the Treasury.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

The expression “land improvement charge” includes any charge for land improvement loans payable to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland under the Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847, and the Acts amending the same:

The expression “drainage charge” includes any charge for drainage loans payable to the said Commissioners under the same Act and Acts amending it, or under the Drainage (Ireland) Act, 1842, or any subsequent Act; and also any charge payable to the drainage board of a drainage district under the Drainage and Improvement of Land Act (Ireland), 1863, and the Acts amending the same:

The expression “owner” in relation to any land includes any person who, for the purposes of any of the said Acts, is deemed to be owner or proprietor thereof.

The expression “drainage board” includes the drainage board or trustees of a drainage district constituted under any of the said Acts.