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Advances for purchase of parcels of land
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17.—(1) In the case of the sale of an estate to the Land Commission, advances under the Land Purchase Acts may be made for the purchase of parcels thereof by the following persons:—
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(a) A person being the tenant or proprietor of a holding not exceeding ten pounds in rateable value;
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(b) A person who has surrendered his holding for the purpose of relieving congestion;
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(c) A person who, within twenty-five years before the passing of the Act of 1903, was the tenant of a holding to which the Land Law Acts apply, and who is not at the date of the purchase the tenant or proprietor of that holding, or, in case such person is dead, a person nominated by the Land Commission as his personal representative; and
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(d) Any person to whom in the opinion of the Land Commission, after adequate provision has been made to satisfy the requirements of the persons mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this subsection, an advance ought to be made:
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(2) Advances under this section shall not, together with the amount (if any) of any advance under the Land Purchase Acts, which has been made and is then unrepaid by the purchaser, or for which an application by the purchaser is pending, exceed one thousand pounds: Provided that the limitation in this subsection may, subject to the other limitations in the Land Purchase Acts, be exceeded, where the Land Commission consider that a larger advance may be sanctioned to any purchaser without prejudice to the wants and circumstances of other persons residing in the neighbourhood.
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(3) The Land Purchase Acts shall, subject to the provisions of this section, apply to the sale of a parcel of land in pursuance of this section in like manner as if the same was a holding and the purchaser was the tenant thereof at the time of his making the purchase; and the expression “holding” in those Acts shall include a parcel of land in respect of the purchase of which an advance has been made in pursuance of this section.
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(4) Section two of the Act of 1903 shall cease to have effect save as regards the sale of any parcels of land in respect of which purchase agreements have been entered into before the passing of this Act, and, save as aforesaid, any reference in any enactment to that section shall be construed as a reference to this section.
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