S.I. No. 278/1966 - Housing Act, 1966 (Acquisition of Land) Regulations, 1966.

1. Insert title of relevant compulsory purchase order.

2. Insert description by reference to interest held in land affected e.g. owner, limited owner, mortgage, etc.

3. Insert full description of housing authority or local authority.

4. Insert description and situation of land.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twenty-third day of December, 1966.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to prescribe the forms to be used where a housing authority or a local authority propose to acquire land compulsorily under the provisions of the

Housing Act, 1966

, or under the said provisions as applied by

section 10

of the

Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960

, which section has been amended by

section 86

of the

Housing Act, 1966

. The regulations also prescribe the form of vesting order to be used by a housing authority or a local authority in exercise of their powers under

section 81

of the

Housing Act, 1966

, and the manner of publication of an order made by a housing authority under section 83 of the Act extinguishing a public right of way over land acquired by them.

5. The vesting date must be not less than 21 days after the date of the Vesting Order.

6. The quantity, description and situation of the land should be set out, with an appropriate reference to the manner in which the land is shown on the map.

7. The description of the persons in whose presence the seal is affixed should be stated (see Direction 6 on Form No. 1).

Form No. 12

FORM OF RECEIPT TO BE GIVEN FOR PURCHASE MONEY OR COMPENSATION PAID PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (a) OR (b) OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE

HOUSING ACT, 1966

________________ Order, 19_________________.

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RECEIPT FOR PURCHASE MONEY OR COMPENSATION

I, _____________________ of ___________________, being the ___________________

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of the lands hereinafter mentioned, do hereby acknowledge that I have received from the ___________________

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the sum of ___________________ pounds ___________________ shillings and ___________________ pence, as the purchase money of or compensation for all my estate, right, title and interest in and to ALL THAT AND THOSE that parcel of land in ___________________

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containing ___________________ acres, ___________________ roods and ___________________ perches, or thereabouts, authorised to be acquired by the said ___________________

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under the provisions of the

Housing Act, 1966

, and distinguished in the Schedule to the above order and on the map referred to therein as No. ___________________

Dated this ___________________ day of ___________________ 19___________________,

SIGNED BY THE SAID

___________________ ___________________

in the presence of (Signature)

Name of witness ___________________

Address ___________________

Occupation ___________________

DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS FORM

8. The description of the persons in whose presence the seal is affixed should be stated (see Direction 6 on Form No. 1).

Form No. 8

FORM OF NOTICE OF A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER UNDER SECTION 76 OF AND THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE

HOUSING ACT, 1966

, AS EXTENDED BY

SECTION 10

of THE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (NO. 2) ACT, 1960

, TO BE PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 4 (a) OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE

HOUSING ACT, 1966

COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND

______________________ (title of order)

The ________________________ (hereinafter referred to as " the local authority ") in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by

section 76

of the

Housing Act, 1966

, and the Third Schedule thereto, as extended by

section 10

of the

Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960

(as substituted by

section 86

of the

Housing Act, 1966

) have made an order entitled as above which is about to be submitted to the Minister for _________________ for confirmation. If confirmed, the order will authorise the local authority to acquire compulsorily the land described in the First Schedule hereto for the purposes of ____________.

1

The order will also authorise the local authority to extinguish the public right of way described in the Second Schedule hereto, by order made by them after they have acquired the land over which there is the said public right of way.

2

It is provided that the Minister shall not confirm a compulsory purchase order which authorises the extinguishment of a public right of way until he has caused to be held a public local inquiry into the matter.

2

A copy of the order and of the map referred to in it may be seen at all reasonable hours at ___________.

FIRST SCHEDULE

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SECOND SCHEDULE

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Dated this __________________ day of ______________ 19______________.

County Secretary or Town Clerk.

DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING THIS FORM

S.I. No. 278 of 1966.

HOUSING ACT, 1966 (ACQUISITION OF LAND) REGULATIONS, 1966.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5, 76, 78, 82 and 83 of and the Third Schedule to the

Housing Act, 1966

(No. 21 of 1966) and

section 10

of the

Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960

, as substituted by

section 86

of the

Housing Act, 1966

, hereby makes the following Regulations :—