S.I. No. 173/1957 - Small Dwellings Acquisition (Submissions To Commissioner of Valuation) (Fees) Regulations, 1957.

S.I. No. 173 of 1957.

SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION (SUBMISSIONS TO COMMISSIONER OF VALUATION) (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1957.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1957 (No. 11 of 1957), and after consultation with the Minister for Local Government, hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Small Dwellings Acquisition (Submissions to Commissioner of Valuation) (Fees) Regulations, 1957.

2. The scale of fees set out in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 2 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1957 .

SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF FEES.

1. Where the submission to the Commissioner of Valuation is in respect of one house only, the fee shall be £10.

2. Where the submission to the Commissioner of Valuation is in respect of two or more houses, the fee shall be—

(a) in case the houses are of similar design and construction and are two in number—£15,

(b) in case the houses are of similar design and construction and are three or four in number—£20,

(c) in case the houses are of similar design and construction and are five or six in number—£25,

(d) in case the houses are of similar design and construction and are seven or more in number—£30,

(e) in case the houses, not being of similar design and construction, include one group (and not more) consisting of houses of similar design and construction—the appropriate sum in respect of that group, together with—

(i) if there is one house (and not more) not in the group, £10, or

(ii) if there are two or more houses not in the group, £10 multiplied by the number of those houses,

(f) in case the houses, not being of similar design and construction, consist of or include two or more groups consisting of houses of similar design and construction—the aggregate of the appropriate sums in respect of those groups, together with—

(i) if the houses include one house (and not more) not in any of the groups, £10 or

(ii) if the houses include two or more houses not in any of the groups, £10 multiplied by the number of the houses not in any of the groups, and

(g) in any other case—£10 multiplied by the number of the houses.

3. In the foregoing paragraph any reference to the appropriate sum in respect of a group shall be construed as a reference to—

(a) where the number of the houses in the group is two—£15,

(b) where that number is three or four—£20,

(c) where that number is five or six—£25, and

(d) where that number is seven or more—£30.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 12th day of August, 1957.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

Explanatory Note.

Section 2 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1957 , provides that where a person contends that the market value of a house as indicated to him by a local authority under Section 32 of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1950 , as amended by Section 1 of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1957 , should have been greater, he may, on payment of the prescribed fee, submit his case for consideration by the Commissioner of Valuation. These regulations prescribe the fees payable by persons making such submissions.