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IE · Housing Act 1966

Housing Act 1966

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Inhalt

  1. Art. 1 Short title and commencement.
  2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
  3. Art. 3 Service of notices, etc.
  4. Art. 4 Obligation to give information to housing authority.
  5. Art. 5 Regulation generally.
  6. Art. 6 Repeals.
  7. Art. 7 Expenses of administration of Minister.
  8. Art. 8 Charging of expenses of housing authority who are county council.
  9. Art. 9 Payment of expenses under section 111 of Act.
  10. Art. 10 Power to set off.
  11. Art. 11 Assistance by Minister of certain research and training.
  12. Art. 12 Assistance by housing authority of certain bodies.
  13. Art. 13 Definition for purposes of Chapter III of Part II.
  14. Art. 14 Regulations for purposes of sections in Chapter III of Part II.
  15. Art. 15 Grants by Minister for provision of houses.
  16. Art. 16 Grants by Minister for provision of houses for farmers and others.
  17. Art. 17 Grants by Minister for provision of second houses on transfer of certain holdings.
  18. Art. 18 Grants by Minister for erection of flats or maisonettes.
  19. Art. 19 Grants by Minister for housing of elderly persons and others.
  20. Art. 20 Grants by Minister for provision of prototype houses.
  21. Art. 21 Grants by Minister to persons for reconstruction of houses.
  22. Art. 22 Further grants by Minister for reconstruction of houses.
  23. Art. 23 Grants by Minister for essential repairs.
  24. Art. 24 Grants by Minister to housing authority for improvement of houses.
  25. Art. 25 Grants by Minister to housing authority in respect of works executed in pursuance of section 69 of Act.
  26. Art. 26 Supplementary grants by housing authority to persons for provision of houses.
  27. Art. 27 Supplementary grants by housing authority for erection of flats or maisonettes.
  28. Art. 28 Supplementary grants by housing authority to bodies for provision of houses for elderly persons and for other purposes.
  29. Art. 29 Supplementary grants by housing authority for reconstruction of houses.
  30. Art. 30 Supplementary grants and other assistance by housing authority for essential repairs.
  31. Art. 31 Supplementary grants by housing authority where certain grants are made under section 3 of Housing (Gaeltacht) Act, 1929.
  32. Art. 32 Grants by certain housing authorities for accommodation for person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
  33. Art. 33 Modification and restriction on increase of rateable valuation in certain cases.
  34. Art. 34 Repayment of grant to Minister or housing authority on breach of undertaking.
  35. Art. 35 Withholding or reduction in amount of grant.
  36. Art. 36 Making of grant to successor of deceased applicant.
  37. Art. 37 Restriction of local Acts and other provisions.
  38. Art. 38 Making of grants by Minister notwithstanding non-compliance with statute or statutory instrument.
  39. Art. 39 Loans by housing authority for acquisition or construction of houses.
  40. Art. 40 Loans by housing authority for reconstruction, repair, and improvement of houses.
  41. Art. 41 Sale by Land Commission of land subject to charge in favour of housing authority.
  42. Art. 42 Schemes for guarantees.
  43. Art. 43 Guarantee of advances to builders.
  44. Art. 44 Contributions by Minister to certain annual loan charges of housing authorities.
  45. Art. 45 Contributions by Minister in respect of certain borrowings by bodies providing dwellings or sites for building purposes.
  46. Art. 46 Withholding or reduction in amount of contributions.
  47. Art. 47 Payment by Minister in lieu of contributions to annual loan charges.
  48. Art. 48 Subsidy by Minister in respect of certain loan charges.
  49. Art. 49 Power of housing authority to make allowances to certain persons displaced.
  50. Art. 50 Remission of stamp duties on certain agreements, etc.
  51. Art. 51 Amendment of section 12 of Finance Act, 1895.
  52. Art. 52 Restriction of section 13 of Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947, and section 24 of Finance Act, 1949.
  53. Art. 53 Duty of housing authority to make inspection and to assess adequacy of supply and condition of housing.
  54. Art. 54 Review by housing authority of cost of housing services.
  55. Art. 55 Building programmes.
  56. Art. 56 Provision of dwellings.
  57. Art. 57 Power of housing authority to provide building sites.
  58. Art. 58 Management and control of certain dwellings and of any ancillary amenities, works or services provided in connection therewith.
  59. Art. 59 Amendment of section 1 of Local Government (Rates on Small Dwellings) Act, 1928.
  60. Art. 60 Duty of housing authority to make scheme of priorities for letting housing accommodation.
  61. Art. 61 Requiring information from tenants and persons applying for tenancies.
  62. Art. 62 Recovery of possession of dwellings and other buildings.
  63. Art. 63 Definition of “overcrowding”.
  64. Art. 64 Obligation to give particulars relating to a house.
  65. Art. 65 Overcrowded houses.
  66. Art. 66 Unfit houses.
  67. Art. 67 Housing authority may affix notice of serving repairs notice, making closing order or demolition order or accepting undertaking.
  68. Art. 68 Restriction on user of premises to which repairs notice, closing order, demolition order or undertaking applies.
  69. Art. 69 Enforcement of repairs notice or demolition order.
  70. Art. 70 Bye-laws in relation to rented houses.
  71. Art. 71 Recovery of expenses of repair and demolition, etc.
  72. Art. 72 Appeals.
  73. Art. 73 Power of Circuit Court to determine lease of house in respect of which demolition order is made.
  74. Art. 74 Action under section 65, 66 or 69 of Act not to prejudice other remedies.
  75. Art. 75 Definitions for purposes of Part V and Third Schedule.
  76. Art. 76 Procedure for compulsory acquisition of land.
  77. Art. 77 Compulsory acquisition of land not immediately required.
  78. Art. 78 Validity and date of operation of compulsory purchase orders.
  79. Art. 79 Notice to treat.
  80. Art. 80 Power of entry on, taking possession and use of land.
  81. Art. 81 Vesting order.
  82. Art. 82 Form and effect of vesting order and registration of title acquired under the Registration of Title Acts, 1891 and 1942.
  83. Art. 83 Extinguishment of ways, easements, etc.
  84. Art. 84 Assessment of compensation in respect of land acquired compulsorily.
  85. Art. 85 Appropriation of land to purposes of this Act.
  86. Art. 86 Amendment of section 10 of Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960.
  87. Art. 87 Amendment of section 10 of Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898.
  88. Art. 88 Disposal of land by housing authority.
  89. Art. 89 Interpretation (Chapter II of Part VI).
  90. Art. 90 Power of housing authority to sell or lease certain dwellings provided under this Act.
  91. Art. 91 Recovery of payments in respect of purchase money.
  92. Art. 92 Registration under Registration of Title Acts, 1891 and 1942 of ownership of dwellings sold or leased under section 90 of Act.
  93. Art. 93 Interpretation (Chapter III of Part VI) and saver.
  94. Art. 94 Purchase of certain cottages under Act of 1936.
  95. Art. 95 Restriction on applications under section 16 of Act of 1936.
  96. Art. 96 Cottages in urban areas.
  97. Art. 97 Power to declare certain persons to be qualified persons.
  98. Art. 98 Cottage or plot may be charged, mortgaged, subdivided or alienated.
  99. Art. 99 Redemption of annuities.
  100. Art. 100 Act of 1936 wholly or otherwise to cease to apply in certain circumstances.
  101. Art. 101 Provisions as respects amount of annuities.
  102. Art. 102 Amendment of certain provisions of, and validation of certain orders under, Act of 1936.
  103. Art. 103 Amendment of section 46 of Land Act, 1923.
  104. Art. 104 Amendment of sections 6 and 7 of Land Act, 1946.
  105. Art. 105 Saver.
  106. Art. 106 Duty of housing authority to put certain cottages and dwellings into good structural condition.
  107. Art. 107 Recovery of possession in certain circumstances of houses and dwellings sold or leased by housing authority.
  108. Art. 108 Capital money.
  109. Art. 109 Exercise by housing authority of functions under this Act outside functional area.
  110. Art. 110 Committees.
  111. Art. 111 Failure of housing authority as respects performance of functions under Act.
  112. Art. 112 Provision of technical assistance.
  113. Art. 113 Power to provide prizes or other incentives for the maintenance of houses, etc.
  114. Art. 114 Conditions to be complied with on letting of house for habitation.
  115. Art. 115 Prohibition on persons interested voting as members of housing authority or certain committees.
  116. Art. 116 Prosecutions and offences.
  117. Art. 117 Power of authorised person to enter on land.
  118. Art. 118 Certain dwellings to be deemed to be provided under this Act.
  119. Art. 119 Small dwellings.
  120. Art. 120 Amendment of Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890.
  121. Art. 121 Savings.