Housing (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act, 1953
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Sanitation grants and special extension grants. |
3.—(1) Section 3 of the Act of 1929 (which specifies the grants in relation to dwelling-houses) is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following subsections: | |
“(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that the condition of a dwelling-house in the Gaeltacht is such as justifies the provision and installation therein of a private water supply and sewerage facilities, the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made by the Minister thereunder, make to the occupier of such dwelling-house a grant (in this Act referred to as a sanitation grant) not exceeding fifty pounds towards such provision and installation. | ||
(4) Where— | ||
(a) the Minister is satisfied that the provision of an extension, for the accommodation of visitors, to a dwelling-house in the Gaeltacht is desirable, and | ||
(b) a water supply and sewerage facilities which the Minister considers adequate are already installed or are being installed in such dwelling-house, | ||
the Minister may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder, make to the occupier of such dwelling-house a grant (in this Act referred to as a special extension grant) not exceeding eighty pounds towards the provision of such extension.” | ||
(2) Section 8 of the Act of 1929 (which relates to loans in amplification of grants) is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) of “(not being a sanitation grant)” after “grant under this Act.” | ||
(3) Section 16 of the Act of 1929 (which relates to regulations) is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of “sanitation grants, special extension grants” after “improving grants”. | ||
(4) A grant may be made under subsection (3) (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 towards a provision and installation which commenced before the passing of this Act provided that it commenced on or after the 29th day of April, 1952. | ||
(5) A grant made under subsection (3) (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) of section 3 of the Act of 1929 shall be a relevant grant within the meaning and for the purposes of the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1952 (No. 16 of 1952), and for the purposes of this subsection, where payment of the first instalment of a grant has been made, the grant shall be deemed to have been made on the date of that payment. |