S.I. No. 88/1996:

HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996.

HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996.

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. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1996.

2. The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (b) of sub-article (1) of article 6 of the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1990 ):

"(b) unless the total floor area of the house is not less than 38 square metres and not more than 125 square metres, or in the case of a house, the foundations of which were completed before the 1st day of April, 1996,

(i) not less than 30 square metres and not more than 125 square metres, where the house is a separate self-contained flat or maisonette in a building of two or more storeys, or

(ii) not less than 35 square metres and not more than 125 square metres in any other case.".

Dated this 1st day of April, 1996.

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.

Dated this 4th day of April, 1996.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 to provide for an increase to 38 sq. metres in the minimum floor area for houses and apartments qualifying for new house grants. The increased minimum floor area applies to houses and apartments where the foundations are completed on or after 1 April, 1996.