Annual Revision of Rateable Property (Ireland) Amendment Act 1860
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1860 c. 4 |
(23 & 24 Vict.) C A P. IV.
[23d March 1860]
'WHEREAS the Tenement Valuation of Rateable Property inIreland , made and revised in pursuance of the Provisions of an Actpassed in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty, Chapter Sixty-three, and of an Actpassed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, Chapter Eight, is now used as the Basis of public general as well as local Taxation inIreland , and it is expedient to provide that One Moiety of the Expense of the annual Revision of such Valuation shall be defrayed out of the Public Funds, and otherwise to amend the Laws relating thereto:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I Commencement of Act.
I. This Act shall commence and take effect from and after the First Day ofApril One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
II Power to Treasury to advance Money towards Expenseof Annual Revision of Valuation.
II. From and after the Commencement of this Act it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and they are hereby authorized to order and direct that such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be required for defraying the Costs and Expenses of and incident to the annual Revision of the Tenement Valuation of Rateable Property inIreland , made or to be made under the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland , or to be incurred by the Commissioner of Valuation in carrying out the Provisions of this Act, shall be advanced quarterly out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
III Commissioner of Valuation, &c. to continue to act.
III. The Commissioner of Valuation, and all other Persons heretofore appointed or acting under the Provisions of the said recited Acts, or either of them, shall, and they are hereby respectively authorized and required to continue to discharge and execute their several Duties and Offices for the Purpose of carrying the said recited Acts and this Act into execution, without any further or other Appointment thereto, until the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall otherwise direct.
IV Power to Treasury to appoint Commissioner of Valuation,&c.
IV. Upon the Death, Resignation, or Removal of such Commissioner of Valuation, or any other Commissioner of Valuation hereafter to be appointed, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury from Time to Time to nominate and appoint One other fit and proper Person to be Commissioner of Valuation for the several Counties inIreland , who shall hold such Office during the Will and Pleasure of the said Commissioners, and who shall carry into effect the Provisions of the said recited Acts and of this Act, at such Times, and in such Manner, and under such Regulations as such Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall order or appoint.
V Commissioner of Valuation to appoint Surveyors,Writing Clerks, &c.
V. It shall be lawful for any such Commissioner of Valuation continued or appointed under this Act, with the Approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, upon the Death, Resignation, or Removal of any of the other Persons aforesaid continued by this Act, to appoint from Time to Time such Person or Persons as he may deem necessary to assist him in carrying into effect the Provisions of the said Acts, and from Time to Time to remove any such Person or Persons, and to appoint any other Person or Persons to act in the Place and Stead of the Person or Persons so removed; and such Person or Persons so continued or to be appointed shall be entitled to receive such Salary, with such Allowances for Travelling, Hotel, and other Expenses, not exceeding the Salary and Allowances fixed by the said first-recited Act, as may from Time to Time be fixed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and on the Discontinuance of his or their Office or Offices, or Removal therefrom, such Person or Persons shall be entitled to such Superannuation, Pension, or Allowance as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may determine.
VI Valuation Lists may be in the Form annexed to this Act.
VI. The Lists of Valuation, and of every Revision thereof, which the said Commissioner of Valuation is by the said Acts, or either of them, required to make out and transmit to the Guardians of any Union, or to the Town Council of any Borough, or to the Treasurer of any County, shall be in the Form specified in the Schedule to this Act annexed, or in such other Form as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall from Time to Time approve of; and such Lists may be wholly or in part in Print or Writing; and no Alteration shall be made in any such List or Lists, or in the Name of any Occupier or Lessor named therein, save by the Commissioner of Valuation, or by some Person duly authorized by him for that Purpose, or by the Order of a Court of General or Quarter Sessions upon Appeal, or other Court of competent Jurisdiction: Provided, that for the Purpose of any Poor Rate, the Guardians of any Union may make such Departure, not affecting Value, from the Particulars contained in the said Lists, as may be necessary, at the Time of making the Rate, to enable them to make a valid Rating under the Laws in force for the Relief of the destitute Poor inIreland , subject to such Appeal as is now by Law provided, and any such Departure shall be forthwith reported by the Guardians to the Commissioner of Valuation.
VII As to the Valuation of Mills, &c.
VII. In making the Valuation of any Mill or Manufactory, or Building erected or used for any such Purpose, the Commissioner of Valuation shall in each Case value the Water or other Motive Power thereof, but shall not take into account the Value of any Machinery therein, save only such as shall be erected and used for the Production of Motive Power.
VIII Proportion of Expense to be paid by Counties,&c., as...
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