Land Act, 1939

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Number 26 of 1939.


LAND ACT, 1939.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Short title, construction, and citation.

2.

“The Minister.”.

3.

Rules and Regulations.

4.

Expenses.

5.

Exclusion of the Land Commission from the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1923 to 1930.

6.

Recovery of moneys due or payable to the Land Commission.

7.

Relief from certain fees in the Land Registry.

8.

Losses on resales of sporting and other rights.

9.

Grouping of 4½% land bonds for the purpose of drawings.

10.

Land Bonds retained as a guarantee deposit.

11.

Amendment of section 36 of the Land Act, 1931.

12.

Amendment of enactments relating to the costs fund.

13.

Payments to the Land Commission on allocation where there is delay in obtaining possession.

14.

Quorum of Land Commissioners.

15.

Questions of law arising before the Lay Commissioners.

16.

Payment of compensation for expense of applications, etc.

17.

Power of Lay Commissioners to award costs.

18.

Amendments of lists of vested holdings.

19.

Obligation on allottees of holdings and parcels to reside thereon in certain cases.

20.

Sale of defaulter's holding or parcel discharged from arrears.

21.

Amendment of section 33 of the Land Act, 1936.

22.

Grants in connection with transfers of ex-employees.

23.

Restrictions on sale, etc., of holdings and parcels provided for enlargement of holdings.

24.

Partition of holdings held in commonage.

25.

Arrears and revision of instalments of certain loans made by the Congested Districts Board.

26.

Amendment of sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Land Act, 1933.

27.

Amendment of sub-section (8) of section 18 of the Land Act, 1933.

28.

Amendment of sub-section (10) of section 18 of the Land Act, 1933.

29.

Amendments in respect of tithe rent-charges and variable rents in Dublin.

30.

Amendments in respect of expenditure for improvements.

31.

Construction of section 44 of the Land Act, 1933.

32.

Additional facilities for the exchange of holdings.

33.

Power to ratify exchanges of portions of holdings.

34.

Funding annuities on exchange of holdings.

35.

Transfer of certain charges on exchange or re-arrangement of holdings or parcels.

36.

Applications and orders under section 37 of the Land Act, 1936.

37.

Compounded arrears of rent and payments in lieu of rent in certain cases.

38.

Extension and amendment of section 10 of the Land Act, 1927.

39.

Resumption of holdings.

40.

Prevention of vesting of certain holdings.

41.

Extinguishment of easements, rights and tenancies.

42.

Exclusion of section 16 of the Land Act, 1936, on certain sales.

43.

Advances to purchasers of purchased land sold by the Land Commission.

44.

Application of section 42 of the Land Act, 1927, to certain cases.

45.

Extension of section 39 of the Land Act, 1923.

46.

Amendment of section 43 of the Land Act, 1936.

47.

Amendment of section 44 of the Land Act, 1931.

48.

Apportionment of rent under section 44 of the Land Act, 1931.

49.

Extension of section 44 of the Land Act, 1931, to certain rent-charges.

50.

Arrears of rates in cases of voluntary purchase.

51.

Redemption of drainage maintenance charges.

52.

Redemption of annual sums and additional sums.

53.

Applications by sub-tenants of holdings to have particulars furnished.

54.

Power to appoint limited administrators and nominate representatives of tenants and owners in certain cases.

55.

Power of the Land Commission to make new watercourses and drains.

56.

Extension of the power of the Land Commission to confer water-rights.

57.

Powers of the Land Commission for purposes of sand fixation.

58.

Prohibition of removal of surface of certain land.

59.

Sale under section 4 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, otherwise than by means of an advance.

60.

Amendment of section 31 of the Land Act, 1923.

61.

Advances on resale of houses in towns or villages.


Acts Referred to

Land Act, 1933

No. 38 of 1933

Finance Act, 1924

No. 27 of 1924

Land Bond Act, 1925

No. 25 of 1925

Land Bond Act, 1934

No. 11 of 1934

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926

No. 18 of 1926

Land Law (Commission) Act, 1923

No. 27 of 1923

Foreshore Act, 1933

No. 12 of 1933

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Number 26 of 1939.


LAND ACT, 1939.


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE LAND PURCHASE ACTS IN DIVERS RESPECTS AND TO AMEND THE LAW IN RELATION TO THE APPLICATION OF THE INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST (RESTRICTIONS) ACTS, 1923 TO 1930, TO DWELLING-HOUSES OF WHICH THE LAND COMMISSION IS THE LANDLORD. [8th August, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—