S.I. No. 211/1995 - Housing (New House Grants Etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

1. The District Electoral Divisions of—

Ballincollig

Lehenagh

Douglas

Rathcooney

Inishkenny

2. That part of the District Electoral Divisions of Bishopstown and St. Mary's not within the county borough of Cork."

Dated this 28th day of July, 1995.

LIZ McMANUS,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 28th day of July, 1995.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 in relation to the principal heating arrangements applicable in the case of grants for new houses in certain areas of Cork and Dublin.

S.I. No. 211 of 1995.

HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment by

section 5

of the

Housing Act, 1966

(No. 21 of 1966), as amended by

section 24

of the

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992

(No. 18 of 1992), and by

section 4

of the

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979

(No. 27 of 1979), as amended by

section 25

of the

Housing Act, 1988

(No. 28 of 1988), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995 (

S.I. No. 3 of 1995

), I, LIZ McMANUS, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:—

1 Citation.

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

2 Means of space and water heating.

2.

The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (

j

) of sub-article (1) of article 6 of the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (

S.I. No. 34 of 1990

)

"(

j

) in the case of a house the foundations of which are completed on or after the 1st day of August, 1995 and which is located in—

(i) the county borough of Dublin, or

(ii) the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown other than the areas specified in Part I of the Third Schedule, or

(iii) the administrative county of Fingal other than the areas specified in Part II of the Third Schedule, or

(iv) the administrative county of South Dublin other than the areas specified in Part III of the Third Schedule, or

(v) the county borough of Cork, or

(vi) the areas of the administrative county of Cork specified in Part IV of the Third Schedule,

unless the house has a principal means of space and water heating which uses electricity, gas or oil, or a solid fuel burning appliance of a type designed to use smokeless fuel;".

3 Areas affected.

3.

The Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 are hereby amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for the Third Schedule thereto.

SCHEDULE

"THIRD SCHEDULE

Article

4

PART I

Excluded areas of the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown