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S.I. No. 502/2003 - Housing (New House Grant Etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 2003
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (New House Grant etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 2003.
2. The following sub article is hereby substituted for article 4 (2) (c) of the Housing (New House Grant etc.) Regulations, 1990 (
S.I. No. 34 of 1990
).
“(2)(c) In all cases covered by (a) and (b) above a new house the subject of a grant application, must be completed and occupied and an application for payment of a grant received by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on or before 5.30pm, 2 April 2004”.
3. The following sub article (d) is hereby added to article 4 (2) of the Housing (New House Grant etc.) Regulations, 1990 (
S.I. No. 34 of 1990
).
“(2)(d) The Department will seek appropriate evidence of occupation on or before 2 April 2004, from inhabitants.”.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 24
th
day of October, 2003.
Martin Cullen
______________________________
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 24
th
day of October, 2003.
Charlie McCreevy
______________________
Minister for Finance
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
These regulations provide for the extension of the deadline for the completion and occupation of houses where a new house grant application was received on or before 4 December 2002.
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Regulations