Housing (Amendment) Act, 1954
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Grant in case of house provided for letting. |
13.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance and subject to regulations made under this section, make, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to a person providing a house for letting, a grant not exceeding the appropriate sum specified in the Second Schedule to this Act if— | |
(a) the house complies with the rules set out in the First Schedule to the Act of 1932 as amended by section 14 of the Act of 1950, | ||
(b) the erection of the house commenced on or after the 1st day of April, 1954, and is completed on or before the 1st day of April, 1956, and | ||
(c) such person undertakes with the Minister that, save in accordance with regulations made under this section, he will not sell the house within a period of fifteen years from the date of the undertaking and that he will let the house subject to such conditions as may be specified in the said regulations. | ||
(2) Subsections (1) and (2) of section 44 of the Act of 1948, as amended by section 15 of the Act of 1950, are each hereby further amended by the insertion of “or a grant is made under section 13 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1954, in respect of a house erected during the period referred to in that section” after “to a person or public utility society”. | ||
(3) Subsection (2) of section 45 of the Act of 1948, as amended by section 18 of the Act of 1952, is hereby further amended by the insertion of “or under section 12 or 13 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1954”, after “the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts, 1932 to 1952”. | ||
(4) The Minister shall not make a grant under this section in respect of a house for which a grant is or was made under any other enactment. | ||
(5) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this section. |