Land Act, 1931

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

Number 11 of 1931.
LAND ACT, 1931.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I.
FINANCE.
Section 1. Land bonds issued under the Land Act, 1929. 2. Exemption from stamp duty. 3. Amendment of section 1 of the Land Act, 1923. 4. Annuities on the resale of land purchased by the late Congested Districts Board. 5. Proceeds of the sale of certain lands of the late Congested Districts Board. 6. Liability of county boroughs in respect of the guarantee fund. 7. Disposal of certain purchase annuities. 8. Provision of moneys for the execution of this Act.
PART II.
VESTING OF HOLDINGS.
9. Publication of lists of vested holdings. 10. Amendment of lists of vested holdings. 11. Retention of holdings in a list of vested holdings. 12. Vesting orders in respect of vested holdings. 13. Dismissal of purchase proceedings in respect of certain vested holdings. 14. Holdings alleged to be wrongly omitted from a list of vested holdings. 15. Subtenancies on vested holdings. 16. Validation of certain sub-divisions and sub-lettings. 17. Mutual rights of tenant and his subtenants. 18. Provisions consequential on increase of purchase annuity. 19. Provisions consequential on reduction of purchase annuity. 20. Provisions consequential on certain orders of the Land Commission. 21. Guarantee deposits.
PART III.
VESTING OF HOLDINGS ON RE-SALES.
22. Definitions for Part III. 23. Publication of lists of congested districts holdings. 24. Publication of lists of holdings on untenanted land. 25. Amendment of lists of holdings. 26. Retention of holdings comprised in lists of holdings. 27. Payments by tenants of holdings. 28. Vesting orders in respect of holdings. 29. Vesting orders in the case of exchanged holdings.
PART IV.
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
30. Amendment of vesting orders. 31. Registration of holdings comprised in vesting orders. 32. Date of conversion into personal state. 33. Transfer of incumbrances to rearranged holding. 34. Provisions in relation to the distribution of purchase-money. 35. Distribution of small amounts of purchase-money. 36. Payment of dividends on land bonds pending distribution. 37. Publication of notice of sale of a holding by the Land Commission. 38. Powers of Land Commission to confer water-rights. 39. Extension of powers of Land Commission as to turbary and rights of way. 40. Confirmation of enjoyment of certain grazing and turbary. 41. Apportionment of rates on untenanted land. 42. Extension of powers of resumption. 43. Compensation for disturbance on resumption of holdings. 44. Untenanted land held under fee farm grant or long lease. 45. Extension of powers of providing for maintenance of embankments, etc. 46. Extension of powers of recouping expenditure on repair of embankments, etc. 47. Holdings deteriorated or reduced by neglect of landlord to repair drains, etc. 48. Grants for expenses of transferring migrants. 49. Variation of tithe rentcharges and variable rents. 50. Payment of additional sum by payers of certain purchase annuities. 51. Times for payment of additional sums. 52. Making of periodical returns by the Land Commission. 53. Rules and regulations. 54. Short title, construction and citation.
Number 11 of 1931.
LAND ACT, 1931.
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE EARLY VESTING OF HOLDINGS IN THE PURCHASERS THEREOF UNDER THE LAND PURCHASE ACTS AND FOR THAT AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THOSE ACTS AND THE LOCAL REGISTRATION OF TITLE (IRELAND) ACT, 1891, AND ALSO TO MAKE PROVISION IN RESPECT OF THE VARIATION OF CERTAIN TITHE RENTCHARGES AND VARIABLE RENTS. [30th April, 1931.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—
PART I. FINANCE.
	Land bonds issued under the Land Act, 1929 .	1.—The Land Bond Act, 1925 , shall apply to land bonds created and issued by the Minister for Finance under the powers conferred upon him by sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Land Act, 1929 , for the purposes of that section in like manner as it applies to land bonds created and issued by the said Minister for the purposes of the Land Act, 1923 .
	Exemption from stamp duty.	2.—No stamp duty shall be chargeable or payable on any agreement, conveyance, deed of charge, memorial, or other instrument (including instruments executed but not stamped before the passing of this Act) made for the purposes of or in connection with the sale by the Land Commission under or in pursuance of the Land Purchase Acts of land vested in them nor on any such instrument required by the Land Commission to be made for securing the repayment of moneys advanced by them.
	Amendment of section 1 of the Land Act, 1923 .	3.—(1) Sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Land Act, 1923 , as amended by section 3 of the Land Bond Act, 1925 , shall be construed and have effect as if the words “in satisfaction of death duties or” now contained in that sub-section were omitted therefrom.
	(2) In addition to the several sums required by sub-section (5) of section 1 of the Land Act, 1923 , as amended by section 3 of the Land Bond Act, 1925 , to be set aside in the land bond fund for the purpose of the redemption of bonds, there shall for the purpose of such redemption be set aside in the land bond fund, at the close of every half-year ending on the 1st day of May or the 1st day of November until all land bonds issued under the Land Act, 1923 , or any Act amending that Act have been redeemed, all sums paid into the land bond fund during such half-year by the Land Commission under this Act for the redemption of land bonds.
	Annuities on the resale of land purchased by the late Congested Districts Board.	4.—(1) Every advance made by the Land Commission after the passing of this Act on the resale of land (other than land to which the next following section of this Act applies) which was purchased by the late Congested Districts Board out of the funds at its disposal shall be repayable by a purchase annuity calculated at the rate of three and one-quarter per cent. and payable at such times as the Minister for Finance shall prescribe.
	(2) Where before the passing of this Act an advance was made by the late Congested Districts Board or by the Land Commission on the resale of land which was purchased by the said Board out of the funds at its disposal, the Land Commission may, whenever they think it expedient so to do, cause an account to be taken of the sum then outstanding and unpaid in respect of such advance and may charge such land with a purchase annuity calculated at the rate of three and one-quarter per cent, per annum for the repayment of the sum so outstanding in lieu and satisfaction of the annuity theretofore payable in respect of such advance.
	(3) All moneys collected in respect of purchase annuities created under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall appoint by regulations made by him under this Act.
	Proceeds of the sale of certain lands of the late Congested Districts Board.	5.—(1) All moneys, funds, and land bonds which are now in or shall hereafter come to the hands of the Land Commission and which either represent the proceeds of the sale by the late Congested Districts Board or the Land Commission of land to which this section applies or represent the redemption price of head-rents or other superior interests acquired by the said Board shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.
	(2) This section applies to land which was purchased by the late Congested Districts Board out of the funds at its disposal or was acquired by that Board otherwise than by means of advances from the Irish land purchase fund and which was sold by the said Board as an ordinary vendor either by means of the Land Purchase Acts (whether such sale was completed before the 9th day of August 1923 or was subsequently completed as a purchase agreement pending on that date) or otherwise than by means of the said Acts.
	Liability of county boroughs in respect of the guarantee fund.	6.—Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of section 22 of the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891 , the share of a county borough in the local taxation grants shall be available (in accordance with that Act and regulations made thereunder and in like manner as if such county borough were a county) for the purposes of the guarantee fund in respect of land which has since the passing of that Act or shall hereafter become included within such county borough and is now or shall hereafter be subject to a land purchase annuity.
	Disposal of certain purchase annuities.	7.—Where the Land Commission have resold or shall hereafter resell a parcel of land under the Irish Land (Provision for Sailors and Soldiers) Act, 1919 , at an enhanced price and such enhanced price is due in whole or in part to expenditure on improvements on or in respect of such land made by the Land Commission after the 1st day of April 1922 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) out of moneys provided or recouped by the British Government, so much of the purchase annuity paid into the purchase annuities fund or the land bond fund (as the case may be) in respect of such price as is attributable to such expenditure shall be paid or credited to the British Government in such manner as the Minister for...