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IRISH LAND (PROVISION FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS) ACT 1919

IRISH LAND (PROVISION FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS) ACT 1919 - LONG
TITLE

An Act to facilitate the provision of land in Ireland for men who
have served in the Naval, Military, or Air Forces of the Crown in
the present war, and for other purposes incidental thereto.{1}
[23rd December 1919]
S.1 rep. by SLR 1950. S.2 rep. by SL(R) 1969. S.3 rep. by SLR
1950

IRISH LAND (PROVISION FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS) ACT 1919 - SECT 4
Provision of cottages, &c., for ex-service men under the Labourers
(Ireland) Acts.

4.(1) The Local Government Board shall have power to make and carry
out schemes for the provision of cottages with or without plots or
gardens for the accommodation of men who have served as aforesaid,
and who satisfy the Board as to their fitness and suitability.

(2) A scheme under this section shall specify the land which the
Board propose to acquire for the purposes of the scheme whether by
agreement or compulsorily, and notice of the scheme and of the time
(not being less than twenty-one days) within which objections to the
scheme must be sent to the Board shall be given in the prescribed
manner to the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees,
and occupiers of the land.

(3) On the expiration of the time limited for sending objections
the Board, after considering any objections that may have been duly
sent to them, may make an order confirming the scheme with or
without modifications, or may reject the scheme.

(4) For the purpose of carrying out any scheme when so confirmed,
the Local Government Board, in addition to their other powers, shall
have and may exercise all the powers except powers of borrowing or
causing a rate to be levied that may be exercised by a rural
district council under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919,
for the purpose of carrying out an improvement scheme when confirmed
by a final order under section six of the Labourers (Ireland) Act,
1906, including powers of acquiring land by agreement or
compulsorily, and, subject to such adaptations as may be made under
this section, those Acts and the Acts incorporated therein shall
apply accordingly with the following modifications, namely

(a)an order of the Board confirming a scheme under this section
shall have the like effect as if the scheme were an improvement
scheme and the order were an order made and confirmed under section
six of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906;

(b)two statute acres shall be substituted for one statute acre as
the maximum area of the plot or garden that may be provided;

(c)expenses incurred in making and carrying out schemes under this
section shall be defrayed in manner provided by this section; and

(d)the power of acquiring land shall not be exercised by the Board
after the expiration of three years from the passing of this Act.

(5) Any cottage, plot, or garden provided under this section which
ceases to be required for the accommodation of any such man as
aforesaid may be let or otherwise disposed of in such manner as
the Board may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(6) The Local Government Board may make orders adapting the
provisions of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, and any
enactments incorporated therewith, in such manner as may appear to
them to be necessary or expedient in order to give full effect to
the provisions of this section.

(7) The expenses incurred by the Local Government Board in making
and carrying out schemes under this section shall, to such extent
as may be sanctioned by the Treasury, be defrayed out of moneys
provided by Parliament, and the receipts of the Local Government
Board in respect of cottages, plots, and gardens provided under such
schemes shall be paid into the Exchequer at such times and in such
manner as may be directed by the Treasury.

(8) The Local Government Board shall, in connexion with schemes
under this section, prepare an annual account in accordance with
such directions as may be given by the Treasury, and shall transmit
the account to the Controller and Auditor General, and the
Controller and Auditor General shall certify and report upon the
same, and such account and report shall be laid before Parliament
as soon as may be after the report is made.

S.5 rep. by SLR 1953

IRISH LAND (PROVISION FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS) ACT 1919 - SECT 7
Consideration of applicant's wishes.

7. In dealing with applications made in accordance with the
provisions of this Act regard shall, so far as reasonably possible,
be had for the wishes of individual applicants as to the locality
in which they desire their land, plot, or cottage to be situated.

IRISH LAND (PROVISION FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS) ACT 1919 - SECT 8
Short title and construction.

8. This Act may be cited as the Irish Land (Provision for Sailors
and Soldiers) Act, 1919, and, so far as it relates to the
provision of holdings under the Land Purchase Acts, shall be
construed as one with those Acts, and, so far as it relates to
the provision of cottages, plots, or gardens under the Labourers
(Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, shall be construed as one with the
last-mentioned Acts.