Labourers Act, 1936

Preparation and submission of purchase schemes.

12.—(1) Not later than six months after the appointed day the board of health of every county health district shall, in relation to every cottage in such county health district which is not situate on state land, prepare and submit to the Minister in accordance with this Act a purchase scheme.

(2) Where—

(a) a purchase scheme for a county health district has come into force, and

(b) either—

(i) the board of health for such county health district has provided an additional cottage (not being a cottage situate on state land) under the Principal Acts, or

(ii) such scheme has ceased to apply to a cottage which was vested in a purchasing tenant under this Act by reason of possession of such cottage having been recovered by such board under this Act,

such board of health shall within twelve months prepare and submit to the Minister a purchase scheme in relation to such cottage.

(3) Where—

(a) a purchase scheme which applies to a cottage in a county health district has come into force, and

(b) a person, who is the tenant of such cottage and who has not purchased such cottage under this Act, ceases to be such tenant,

the board of health of such county health district shall, if the Minister so directs, forthwith prepare and submit to the Minister a new purchase scheme in relation to such cottage.

(4) Where—

(a) a purchase scheme for a county health district has come into force, and

(b) any cottage to which such scheme applies has not been purchased under this Act,

the board of health for such county health district may, with the consent of the Minister, prepare and submit to the Minister a new purchase scheme in relation to such cottage.

(5) Where a purchase scheme in relation to any cottages has been prepared and submitted to the Minister by a board of health and the Minister has, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the next following section, required such board of health to prepare and submit to him a new purchase scheme in relation to such cottages, such board of health shall with all convenient speed comply with such requirement.

(6) Where the board of health for a county health district makes a purchase scheme under this section the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) such board of health shall, before submitting such scheme to the Minister, publish once at least in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper circulating in such county health district a notice in the prescribed form of the making of such scheme;

(b) before the first publication of such notice such board of health shall cause copies of such purchase scheme to be made available for public inspection at the prescribed times and places;

(c) any person interested in such purchase scheme may at any time within three weeks after the date of the second publication of such notice send to the Minister objections to such purchase scheme.