S.I. No. 23/1957 - Housing (Private Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities) Regulations, 1957.

1. A person providing and installing a private water supply or private sewerage facilities in a dwelling house shall submit the following documents to the sanitary authority with a view to obtaining a certificate (a) in the case of a private water supply, that no public piped water supply or (b) in the case of private sewerage facilities, that no public sewerage scheme has been provided, or is being provided, in the area in which the dwelling house is situate, and that the sanitary authority has no objection to the proposals :—

(i) a completed application on a form to be obtained from the Department of Local Government ;

(ii) a description of the proposed work including, where appropriate, details of the proposed source of the water supply, together with sketch plans showing the line of the water pipes and house drains, and any structural work, including any structural alterations or additions to the dwelling house ;

(iii) a description of how the work is to be carried out ;

(iv) details of the estimated cost, showing the estimated cost of :—

(a) the provision and installation of the private water supply or private sewerage facilities and

(b) any structural alterations or additions to the dwelling house.

2. When the sanitary authority has issued a certificate that no public piped water supply or no public sewerage scheme, as may be appropriate, has been provided or is being provided, the applicant shall send it and the other documents specified in the preceding paragraph to the Minister.

3. On receipt of the documents the Minister shall cause them to be examined by the appointed officer. The appointed officer may require the applicant to supply him with such further information and documents as may be necessary to enable him to examine the proposal. If a certificate in the form W.A.I. or S.A.I. prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto can be given, it shall be completed by the appointed officer and forwarded to the Minister.

4. On receipt of such certificate the Minister will notify the applicant, the appointed officer and the housing authority of the amount of the grant provisionally allocated.

5. When the work has been completed, the applicant shall forward to the Minister a written application for the grant in the form W.A. 2 or S.A. 2 prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

6. On receipt of such application the Minister shall cause the work to be examined by the appointed officer and if after such examination, a certificate in the form W.A. 3 or S.A. 3 prescribed in the Fourth Schedule hereto can be given it shall be completed by the appointed officer and forwarded to the Minister.

7. On receipt of such certificate the Minister may, if satisfied that the provisions of the Acts and of these Regulations have been complied with, make a grant in respect of the work to the person entitled thereto, and shall notify the appointed officer and the housing authority that such grant has been made.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

PRESCRIBED FORMS.

(a) Provision of Private Water Supply.

Form W.A. 1 Certificate of approval to provision of water supply.

Form W.A. 2 Application for grant.

Form W.A. 3 Certificate of completion of work.

(b) Provision of Private Sewerage Facilities.

Form S.A. 1 Certificate of approval to provision of private sewerage facilities.

Form S.A. 2 Application for grant.

Form S.A. 3 Certificate of completion of work.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956

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Housing (Private Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities) Regulations, 1957.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL TO PROVISION OF PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY.

Name of Applicant

FORM W.A. 1.............

Address

USE BLOCK LETTERS

This is to certify that I have approved of the documents and method of construction proposed for the private water supply described below, which comply with the provisions of the above Act and Regulations.

Subject to the terms of the memorandum on the back of this Certificate the work appears to be eligible for a grant.

The work did not commence before 25th July, 1956.

The house is situate within the....................of....................

(Specify county, county borough, urban district, etc.)

Location of house

Estimated cost

Provisional grant

£

£

Signed............................................

Appointed Officer.

Date.................................... 195 .

APPLICATION FOR GRANT.

To the Minister for

Form W.A. 2....

Local Government.

I have completed the work referred to above and hereby claim payment of the grant of £.................... provisionally allocated.

The work has been completed in accordance with the provisions of the above Act and Regulations and subject to the terms of the memorandum on the back of this Form. I accept in particular No. 7 of the said terms.

Full signature............................................................ .......... (Applicant)

Address only ............................................................ ..............................

(Block Letters)

Date .............................................195 .

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF WORK.

FORM W.A. 3....................

I certify that the work set out in Form W.A. 1 above was inspected by me on....................195 , and the work was completed in a proper and workmanlike manner. I recommend payment of a grant of £....................

Signed............................................................ ........

Appointed Officer

Date...................................195 .

FOR USE IN DEPARTMENT ONLY.

The provisions of the above Act and Regulations have been complied with in regard to the work referred to above and a grant of £....................pounds is properly payable in respect thereof.

...............................................

Rannóg na dTithe

.............................195 .

MEMORANDUM.

(1) The certificate of approval W.A. 1 overleaf will become invalid if the work is not begun within six months from the date thereof. If it is then desired to proceed with the application, the certificate must be sent to the Minister for Local Government for renewal, together with details of the reasons for the delay in commencement.

(2) When the work has been completed the form of application W.A. 2 overleaf, should be completed by the applicant and forwarded to the Minister for Local Government.

(3) The work must be completed in accordance with the approved documents on or before 1st April, 1958, and when completed must be certified by the appointed officer to have been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner.

(4) Notwithstanding the issue of this certificate W.A. 3 a grant will not be paid until the Minister is satisfied as to the accuracy of the certificate.

(5) The work shall be open to inspection by the appointed officer or any other duly authorised officer of the Minister at any reasonable time before the grant is paid.

(6) Materials and appliances manufactured or produced in Ireland must be used as far as possible in the work and shall conform with the current standard quality for the particular work.

(7) The issue of the certificate W.A. 3 and the making of a grant carry no guarantee as to the adequacy or suitability of the water supply and involve no responsibility on the part of the appointed officer or the Minister as to the validity or otherwise of agreements entered into by the applicant in connection with way leaves, water rights and other similar matters.

(8) A grant for the provision and installation of a private water supply will not be paid by the Minister if a grant in respect of the water supply has been paid by the Minister for Agriculture.

DO NOT LOSE THIS FORM. IT IS VITAL TO GRANT PAYMENT.

HOUSING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956

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Housing (Private Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities) Regulations, 1957.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL TO PROVISION OF PRIVATE SEWERAGE FACILITIES.

Name of Applicant

FORM S.A. 1.............

Address

USE BLOCK LETTERS

This is to certify that I have approved of the documents and method of construction proposed for the private sewerage facilities described below, which comply with the provisions of the above Act and Regulations.

Subject to the terms of the memorandum on the back of this Certificate the work appears to be eligible for a grant.

The work did not commence before 25th July, 1956.

The house is situate within the...............................................of...............................................

(Specify county, county borough, urban district, etc.)

Location of house

Estimated cost

Provisional grant

£

£

Signed............................................................ ......

Appointed Officer.

Date............................195 .

APPLICATION FOR GRANT.

To the Minister for Local Government.

FORM S.A. 2.........

I have completed the work referred to above and hereby claim payment of the grant of £................................................provisionally allocated.

The work has been completed in accordance with the provisions of the above Act and Regulations and subject to the terms of the memorandum on the back of this Form. I accept in particular No. 7 of the said terms.

Full Signature................................................(Applicant)

Address only............................................................ .........

(BLOCK LETTERS)

Date....................................195 .

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF WORK.

Form S.A. 3....................

I certify that the work set out in Form S.A. 1 above was inspected by me on ....................195 , and the work was completed in a proper and workmanlike manner. I recommend payment of a grant of £....................

Signed............................................................ ...........

Appointed Officer.

Date..............................................195 .

FOR USE IN DEPARTMENT ONLY.

The provisions of the above Act and Regulations have been complied with in regard to the work referred to above and a grant of £................................. pounds is properly payable in respect thereof

............................................................ ..................

Rannóg na dTithe

............................................................ ........195.

MEMORANDUM.

(1) The certificate of approval S.A. 1 overleaf will become invalid if the work is not begun within six months from the date thereof. If it is then desired to proceed with the application, the certificate must be sent to the Minister for Local Government for renewal, together with details of the reasons for the delay in commencement.

(2) When the work has been completed the form of application S.A. 2 should be completed by the applicant and forwarded to the Minister for Local Government.

(3) The work must be completed in accordance with the approved documents on or before 1st April, 1958, and when completed must be certified by the appointed officer to have been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner.

(4) Notwithstanding the issue of this certificate S.A. 3 a grant will not be paid until the Minister is satisfied as to the accuracy of the certificate.

(5)The work shall be open to inspection by the appointed officer or any other duly authorised officer of the Minister at any reasonable time before the grant is paid.

(6) Materials and appliances manufactured or produced in Ireland must be used as far as possible in the work and shall conform with the current standard quality for the particular work.

(7) The issue of the certificate S.A. 3 and the making of a grant carry no guarantee as to the efficiency in operation of the sewage disposal works and involve no responsibility on the part of the appointed officer or the Minister as to the validity or otherwise of agreements entered into by the applicant in connection with way leaves, water rights and other similar matters.

DO NOT LOSE THIS FORM. IT IS VITAL TO GRANT PAYMENT.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this Eighth day of February One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-seven.

PATRICK O'DONNELL,

Minister for Local Government.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

Dated this Eighth day of February, 1957.

GERARD SWEETMAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations prescribe the conditions to be complied with by applicants for grants for the installation in a dwelling-house of a private water supply or private sewerage facilities.

8. The procedure set out in the Third Schedule hereto shall be complied with by the person providing and installing a private water supply or private sewerage facilities and by the appointed officer.

9. The forms set out in the Fourth Schedule hereto or forms to the like effect varied as circumstances may require shall be prescribed forms and shall be used for the purpose for which they are respectively expressed to be applicable in relation to the provision and installation of a private water supply or private sewerage facilities.

10. No grant shall be payable in respect of the provision and installation of a private water supply or private sewerage facilities, notwithstanding the issue of a certificate of the appointed officer that any of the provisions of the Act or these Regulations have been complied with, unless the Minister is satisfied as to the accuracy of such cerificate.

11. Any person aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of an appointed officer to give a certificate required by these Regulations may appeal to the Minister and on such appeal the Minister may as he shall think proper give or refuse such certificate and the decision of the Minister on such appeal shall be final.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PART I

CONDITIONS IN RESPECT OF THE PROVISION AND INSTALLATION OF A PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY.

S.I. No. 23 of 1957.

HOUSING (PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE FACILITIES) REGULATIONS, 1957.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 11

of the

Housing (Amendment) Act, 1956

, (No. 31 of 1956) hereby makes the following Regulations :—