S.I. No. 111/1971:

HOUSING AUTHORITIES (LOAN CHARGES CONTRIBUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1971.

HOUSING AUTHORITIES (LOAN CHARGES CONTRIBUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1971.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 44 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Regulations--

1. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Housing Authorities (Loan Charges Contributions and Management) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 71 of 1967 ) as amended by the Housing Authorities (Loan Charges Contributions and Management) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 109 of 1969 ).

2. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Authorities (Loan Charges Contributions and Management) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971.

3. Article 2 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by:--

(a) the substitution in the definition of "housing scheme" of "the 1st day of February, 1971" for "the 1st day of April, 1969" and of "the 31st day of December, 1970" for "the 31st day of December, 1968" in each place where it occurs in the said definition, and

(b) the addition thereto of the following definition:

"urban area" means a county or other borough or urban district.

4. Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for sub-article (1) of the following sub-article--

"(1) For the purposes of section 44 of the Act the amount of any money borrowed by a housing authority for the provision of dwellings in a housing scheme (other than dwellings in respect of which a special contribution is made) and building sites, shall be deemed to be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser:--

(a) the amount of the loan borrowed by the authority for the provision of the dwellings or building sites; or

(b) (i) in respect of dwellings in buildings of six or more storeys an amount equal to the total number of serviced dwellings multiplied by £3,200;

(ii) in respect of dwellings in buildings of less than six storeys--

(A) containing more than one dwelling--an amount equal to the number of serviced dwellings provided multiplied by £3,000;

(B) containing one serviced dwelling provided in an urban area or in a group of ten or more elsewhere--an amount equal to the total number of dwellings provided multiplied by £2,200;

(C) containing one serviced dwelling provided in any other case--an amount equal to the total number of dwellings provided multiplied by £2,000;

(D) containing one dwelling which is not a serviced dwelling--an amount equal to the number of dwellings provided multiplied by £1,300;

(iii) in respect of building sites--an amount equal to the number of sites provided multiplied by £450."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 25th day of March, 1971.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister for Local Government.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

Dated this 25th day of March, 1971.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations amend the Housing Authorities (Loan Charges Contributions and Management) Regulations, 1967, as amended, by providing for increases in the cost limits on which contributions to loan charges may be made by the Minister for Local Government under section 44 of the Housing Act, 1966 .