Urban Renewal Act, 1986

Transfer of certain land to Authority.

13.—(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Communications, by order transfer from the Board to the Authority land situated in the Custom House Docks Area together with all rights, powers and privileges relating to or connected with such land.

(2) (a) Where an order is made under this section, there shall be payable to the Board by the Authority a sum of money in respect of the transfer of the land to which the order relates, and such sum of money shall be determined by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Communications and the consent of the Minister for Finance.

(b) For the purposes of a determination under this subsection, the value of the land shall be taken to be the amount which the land, if sold in the open market by a willing seller, might have been expected to realise immediately before the 23rd day of October, 1985.

(3) An order under this section shall come into operation on such day or days as may be specified in the order and different days may be so specified in relation to different parts of the land to which the order relates.

(4) (a) An order under this section may contain such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provisions as may appear to the Minister to be necessary or proper for the purpose of, or in consequence of, or to give full effect to, a transfer of land effected by the order, including provision for the modification, adaptation or other amendment of any enactment.

(b) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) of this subsection, an order under this section may provide that the land to which the order relates shall, on the coming into operation of the order, cease to be within both the limits of the Harbour of Dublin and the limits of the Port of Dublin within the meaning of section 2 of the Dublin Port and Docks Act, 1869.

(5) Where an order under this section is made, the land to which the order relates shall, without any further conveyance or assignment, become and be vested in the Authority for all the estate and interest of the Board.

(6) A provision in any enactment apart from this Act shall neither be construed as affecting or preventing, nor shall it operate to affect or prevent, a transfer of land effected by an order made under this section.

(7) Section 12 of the Finance Act, 1895 shall not apply to any transfer of land by virtue of an order made under this section.