Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022
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Interpretation | ||
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2. (1) In this Act— | ||
“Act of 2000” means the Planning and Development Act 2000 ; | ||
“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001 ; | ||
“Act of 2004” means the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 ; | ||
“administrative area” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001; | ||
“ancillary grant” has the meaning given to it by section 10 (2); | ||
“Appeal Board” means an Appeal Board constituted under section 38 (1); | ||
“Appeals Panel” has the meaning given to it by section 37 (1); | ||
“approved remediation option” has the meaning given to it by section 16 ; | ||
“building condition assessment” has the meaning given to it by section 12 (1)(a); | ||
“building condition assessment report” has the meaning given to it by section 12 (1)(b); | ||
“certificate of remediation” shall be construed in accordance with section 20 ; | ||
“defective concrete blocks” means concrete blocks that contain excessive amounts of free or unbound muscovite mica or reactive pyrite or a combination of both, or excessive amounts of such other deleterious material or combination of materials as may be prescribed under section 41 ; | ||
“designated local authority” means a local authority designated by order under section 5 ; | ||
“designated local authority area” has the meaning given to it by section 5 ; | ||
“dwelling” means a house and does not include an apartment, maisonette or duplex; | ||
“Housing Agency” means the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency; | ||
“I.S. 465:2018” means Irish Standard 465:2018 Assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious materials and Amendment 1:2020, published by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; | ||
“landlord” means the person entitled to receive (otherwise than as agent for another person) the rent in respect of a dwelling from the tenant; | ||
“letter of assurance” shall be construed in accordance with section 21 ; | ||
“local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; | ||
“owns” means an individual who has a freehold estate or a leasehold estate, with more than 70 years remaining on the term of the lease, in the relevant dwelling; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“relevant dwelling” means relevant dwelling under section 8 ; | ||
“relevant owner”, other than in Chapter 2 of Part 3 , means relevant owner under section 9 (1); | ||
“remediation option” has the meaning given to it by section 12 (1)(c); | ||
“remediation option grant” has the meaning given to it by section 10 (1); | ||
“residential tenancies register” means the register established and maintained by the Residential Tenancies Board under section 127 of the Act of 2004; | ||
“second grant” has the meaning given to it by section 25 ; | ||
“tenancy” includes a periodic tenancy and a tenancy for a fixed term, whether oral or in writing or implied; | ||
“tenant” means a person entitled to the occupation of a dwelling under a tenancy. | ||
(2) A notification or notice that is required to be given or issued to a person under this Act shall be in writing. |