Housing Act, 1970

Amendment of section 33 of Act of 1966.

12.—(1) Section 33 (1) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended by the insertion before “or in case a grant is made” of “or under section 5 (2) of the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited (Amendment) Act, 1963 (the case being one in which the house in respect of which the grant under the said section 5 (2) is made is completed after the 31st day of March, 1969), or in case a house is erected by the Land Commission, or with the aid of a grant from the Land Commission, in pursuance of section 12 of the Irish Land Act, 1903 , as extended by section 22 of the Land Act, 1927 (the case being one in which the house is completed after the 31st day of March, 1969, and the total area of all its floors satisfies the requirements, in the case of a house the erection of which commenced before the 1st day of October, 1969, of section 15 (1) (a), in the case of a house the erection of which commenced on or after the 1st day of October, 1969, and on or before the 31st day of December, 1970, of section 15 (4) (b) or, in the case of a house the erection of which commenced after the 31st day of December, 1970, of section 15 (6) (b) of this Act),” and by the insertion before “to which the grant relates” of “erected by the Land Commission or”.

(2) Section 33 (4) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended by the insertion before “the valuation of the tenement” of “or in case a house is reconstructed by the Land Commission, or with the aid of a grant from the Land Commission, in pursuance of section 12 of the Irish Land Act, 1903 , as extended by section 22 of the Land Act, 1927 (the case being one in which the reconstruction is completed after the 31st day of March, 1969), or in case a grant, for the reconstruction (completed after the 31st day of March, 1969) of a house, is made by Bord Fáilte Éireann pursuant to a scheme for development of supplementary holiday accommodation,” and by the insertion before “to which any such grant relates” of “reconstructed by the Land Commission or”.

(3) Section 33 (5) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended by the addition of the following paragraph:

“(f) in relation to a house reconstructed by, or with the aid of a grant from, the Land Commission or to a grant, for the reconstruction of a house, by Bord Fáilte Éireann—the reconstruction.”

(4) A housing authority shall make any refunds which become appropriate in consequence of the amendments effected by this section.