Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936

Amendment of Section 60 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854.

7.—(1) The first proviso (which begins with the words “Provided that such assessment” and ends with the words “have not been adopted”) to section 60 of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 , shall not apply or have effect in any urban district in relation to any assessment made under that section in any year ending after the 31st day of March, 1936.

(2) In towns which are not urban districts but in which the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854 , is in force, neither the said first proviso to section 60 of that Act, nor section 228 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 , nor section 75 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), shall apply or have effect in relation to any assessment made under the said section 60 in any year ending after the 31st day of March, 1936, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the said section 60 shall, in every such town, be construed and have effect in relation to assessments made under that section in any such year as if it were thereby provided that no such assessment (other than a private or a district assessment) shall exceed the rate of two shillings and sixpence in the pound.