Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act 1899
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1899 c. 18 |
| Year | 1899 |
Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1899.
(62 & 63 Vict.) CHAPTER 18.
An Act to amend certain provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, affecting the Congested Districts Board, and to make further provision for the expenses of that Board out of money provided by Parliament.
[1st August 1899]
Be it 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:
1 Amendment of 59 & 60 Vict. c. 47. s. 40, in case of purchase by Congested Districts Board.
1. Where the Congested Districts Board make an offer to the Land Judge for the purchase of an estate or part of an estate for the purpose of re-selling the same to the tenants thereof, the provisions of section forty of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896 (in this Act referred to as the principal Act), shall be suspended and shall not have effect in the case of that estate or part of an estate unless and until the offer is refused by the Land Judge, or is withdrawn.
2 Provision for redemption of superior interests in case of purchase of land by Congested Districts Board.
(1) of section forty-three of the principal Act, and the land purchased by the Board is subject to any superior interest as defined by section thirty-one of the principal Act, or any incumbrance as defined by section thirty-four of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887 , the Land Commission may on the application of the Board exercise any powers for the apportionment and redemption of superior interests conferred on them by the Land Purchase Acts, and may direct that a sum of guaranteed land stock equivalent at the price of the day to the redemption price of the superior interest, or the amount due in respect of such incumbrance, as the case may be, shall be advanced and disposed of in like manner as if the advance were made to a tenant for the purchase of his holding, and the amount of such advance shall be repaid by the Board in the manner provided by sub-section (3) of the said section forty-three.
(2) (2.) Rules for the purposes of this section may be made by the Land Commission, and shall be laid before Parliament.
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