Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1931

Remission of rates on small dwelling houses.

65.—(1) A local authority having power to levy rates shall in every of the seven local financial years after the valuation for rating of a dwelling house to which this section applies remit two-thirds of the rates leviable in respect of that house in that year by the local authority.

(2) This section applies to any dwelling house the erection of which is begun and completed after the passing of this Act, the floor area of which does not exceed 1,250 square feet but does not apply to any such house erected by a local authority under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts or the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, as amended by this Act.

(3) Section 12 of the Local Government Act, 1927 (No. 3 of 1927) and section 13 of the Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929 (No. 41 of 1929) shall not apply to any dwelling house to which this section applies.

(4) For the purposes of this section, the floor area of a dwelling house shall be computed in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed by the Minister.