Local Government (Rates) (No. 2) Bill, 1969: From the Seanad.

The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.

Minister for Local Government (Mr. Boland)

I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 1:

Section 3: In page 3, before section 3, to insert the following section:

"Where a hereditament is let at a rent which includes a payment for rates in respect of the hereditament and all or portion of those rates are waived by a rating authority in accordance with a scheme under section 2 of this Act, the rent shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the rates so waived, and any sum paid (whether before or after the waiver) in excess of the reduced rent shall be recoverable as a simple contract debt by the tenant by whom it was paid or his legal personal representative from the landlord to whom it was paid or his legal personal representative."

Question put and agreed to.

Mr. Boland

I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 2:

Subsections (2) and (3) deleted and the following subsections substituted:

"(2) This section applies to the following classes—

(a) hereditaments consisting wholly or mainly of a dwelling,

(b) hereditaments consisting wholly or mainly of agricultural land within the meaning of the Rates on Agricultural Land (Relief) Act, 1939, and

(c) such other classes of hereditaments as may for the time being be determined by the appropriate rating authority with the consent of the Minister.

(3) A determination by a rating authority under subsection (2) of this section shall be a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1955, or the Acts relating to the management of county boroughs, as may be appropriate."

Question put and agreed to.

Mr. Boland

I move that the Committee agree with the Seanad in amendment No. 3:

Section 4: In subsection (3), paragraph (d) deleted.

Question put and agreed to.

Amendments reported and agreed to.

Dáil Éireann díospóireacht - Tuesday, 17 Feb 1970