Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Miscellaneous amendments of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919.

51.—(1) Paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , shall be amended by the addition of the words “are suitable or” after the word “which” in the said paragraph.

(2) Sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , shall be amended by the addition of the following paragraph:—

(iii) the lease or sale under the powers conferred by this Act to philanthropic societies or bodies of persons approved of by the Minister of any estate or interest in any houses which are suitable or might be made suitable as houses for the working classes with a view to such houses being maintained or being made suitable and maintained as houses for the working classes by such philanthropic societies or bodies of persons.

(3) Paragraph (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , shall be amended by the addition of the words “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” after the word “gardens” in the said paragraph.

(4) Paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , shall be amended by the addition of the words “factories, workshops, places of worship, playgrounds, places of recreation, open spaces” after the word “gardens” in the said paragraph.

(5) Sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , shall have effect as if the words from “subject to any condition” to “thereon, and” were omitted therefrom.

(6) Section 17 of the Housing (Ireland) Act, 1919 , which confers powers on the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to make loans to private persons shall become a permanent enactment and any provision in any Act in force at the date of the passing of this Act which limits the period for which the said section is to remain in force shall cease to have effect.