Housing of The Working Classes Act, 1890

Modification in application of Act to Ireland.

41 &42 Vict. c. 52.

14 &15 Vict. c. 93.

98. In the application of this Act to Ireland the following provisions shall have effect—

(1) The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, shall be substituted for the Public Health Act, 1875, and in particular the references in this Act to sections one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-six and one hundred and seventy-seven of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be respectively taken to be references to sections two hundred and two, two hundred and three,[2] and two hundred and four, respectively, of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and the reference to sections two hundred and ninety-three to two hundred and ninety-six, two hundred and ninety-eight of the Public Health Act, 1875, shall be taken to be a reference to sections two hundred and nine, two hundred and ten, two hundred and twelve, two hundred and thirteen, and two hundred and fifteen of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

(2) The Acts relating to nuisances mean as respects any place in Ireland the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and any local Act which contains any provisions with respect to nuisances in that place.

(3) The expression “quarter sessions” means, in towns and boroughs where there are separate quarter sessions, the quarter sessions of the said towns and boroughs, and in towns and boroughs where there are no separate quarter sessions, the quarter sessions of the division of the counties in which such towns or boroughs are situate.

(4) The provisions of section twenty-four of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, respecting appeals from courts of summary jurisdiction authorised by that section, and any enactment amending the same, shall in Ireland apply in the case of appeals from an order of a local authority to a court of quarter sessions under Part II. of this Act, as if such order was an order of a court of summary jurisdiction, but with the same provisoes as apply under this Act, in the case of such an appeal in England.

(5) The Local Government Board for Ireland shall be substituted for the Local Government Board.

(6) The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland acting with the consent of the Treasury shall be substituted for the Public Works Loan Commissioners.

(7) The medical officer of health in Ireland shall include the medical superintendent officer of health appointed under the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878.

(8) The Dublin Gazette shall be substituted for the London Gazette.

(9) Every charging order under Part II. of this Act shall be registered [1] in the office for registering deeds, conveyances, and wills in Ireland.

(10) An order in writing made by a local authority under this Act, where such local authority have not a seal, shall be authenticated by the signature of any two or more members of the local authority and of their clerk or his lawful deputy.

(11) The accounts of the local authority under this Act shall be audited in the like manner and with the like power to the officer auditing the same, and with the like incidents and consequences, as the accounts of that authority as a sanitary authority are for the time being required to be audited by law.

(12) The consent of the Treasury [2] shall in Ireland be substituted for the consent of the Local Government Board required under Part III. of this Act to the appropriation of land for lodging houses, to the sale and exchange of land, and to the sale of lodging houses when considered too expensive.

[2 Amended by 8 Edw. 7. c. 61, s. 6 (2).]

[1 But see now 54 &55 Vict. c. 66, s. 19.]

[2 “Local Government Board for Ireland” substituted for “Treasury” by 63 &64 Vict. c. 68, s. 9.]