Housing (New House Grants Etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1993
• Citation: IR SI 350/1993

S.I. No. 350 of 1993.
HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.
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 sections 4 and 7 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979), as amended respectively by sections 25 and 26 of the Housing Act, 1988 (No. 28 of 1988), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1993 ), I, EMMET STAGG, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:
	1 Citation.	1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.
	2 Interpretation.	2. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1990" means the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1990 ), as amended by the Housing (New House Grants etc.) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 301 of 1990 ).
	3 Grant for new houses.	3. The Regulations of 1990 are hereby amended by the substitution for article 5 of the following article:
"5. (1) A grant to a person under this article, other than in respect of a house located on an island specified in the Second Schedule, shall not exceed—
( a ) £3,000 where—
(i) the person makes, on or after the 25th day of February, 1993, a contract for the purchase of the house, or
(ii) the person has the house built on a site he has available and makes, on or after the 25th day of February, 1993, either a contract or contracts for the building of the house or a payment, which includes value-added tax at a rate of not less than 12½ per cent, in respect of the poured concrete and concrete blocks used in the building of the house;
( b ) £2,000 where paragraph (a) of this sub-article does not apply and—
(i) the person makes, on or after the 1st day of May, 1985, either a contract for the purchase of the house or a payment, which includes value added tax at a rate of 10 per cent, on foot of a contract to purchase the house, or
(ii) the person has the house built on a site he has available and work on the construction of the hose is completed after the 1st day of May, 1985;
( c ) £1,000 where paragraph (a) or (b) of this sub-article does not apply.
(2) A grant to a person under this article in respect of a house located on an island specified in the Second Schedule shall not exceed—
( a ) £4,800 in the case of a...