The Gazette 1985

GAZETTE

SEPTEMBER

1985

Practice Notes

Fire Services Act, 1981

A Wicklow practitioner has brought to the Society's

notice a problem which could well affect practitioners in

the conveyancing area under the Fire Services Act,

1981.

In the particular case licensed premises were

purchased at auction and the purchaser signed the

conditions of sale immediately after the auction. When

replies to requisitions on title were furnished the

vendor's solicitor included a notice which the vendor

had received—since the date of the auction—from the

local authority under the Fire Services Act, 1981. The

notice required several alterations and additions be

made to the premises in order to make them safer from a

fire safety standpoint. The cost of implementing the

alterations and additions was put at £5,000. The

question immediately arose—who was to pay for the

work?

In the particular case, no problem ensued because the

purchaser intended carrying out extensive renovations

which would meet the fire safety requirements but a

purchaser operating on a tight budget with no intention

of improving the premises might find himself in a

difficult position if liability for carrying out the

improvements were to fall upon him.

It would seem that the Fire Services Act, 1981 has now

become an additional object for pre-contract enquiries.

Such enquiry would seek information about any

notice served on the vendor and would go on to ask if the

vendor had reason to believe that the local authority was

requiring or would require work to be done under the

Fire Services Act, 1981. A notice under this Act does not

come within the disclosure of notices provision in clause

17 of the Incorporated Law Society's current General

Conditions of Sale—hence the need for the pre-contract

enquiry.

LAND ACT 1965

County Boroughs, Boroughs

Ur ban Districts and Towns

For the purpose of Certificates under Section 45 of the

Land Act 1965, the following is a correct listing of

County Boroughs, Boroughs, Urban Districts and

Towns as at November 1985.

County

Boroughs:

Cork,

Dublin,

Limerick,

Waterford.

Boroughs:

Clonmel,

Drogheda,

Galway,

Kilkenny, Sligo, Wexford, Dun

Laoghaire.

Urban Districts:

Arklow, Athlone, Athy, Ballina,

Ballinasloe, Birr, Bray, Buncrana,

Carlow, Carrickmacross, Carrick-

on-Suir,

Cashel,

Castlebar,

Castleblaney, Cavan, Ceanannus

Mor, Clonakilty, Clones, Cobh,

Dundalk,

Dungarvan,

Ennis,

Enniscorthy, Fermoy, Killarney,

Kilrush, Kinsale,

Letterkenny,

Listowel, Longford, Macroom,

Mallow, Midleton, Monaghan,

Naas, Navan, Nenagh, New Ross,

Skibereen, Templemore, Thurles,

Tipperary,

Tralee,

Trim,

Tullamore, Westport, Wicklow.

Towns:

Ardee,

Balbriggan,

Ballybay,

Ballyshannon, Bandon, Bantry,

Belturbet,

Boyle,

Callan,

Cootehill, Droichead Nua, Co.

Kildare, Edenderry, Fethard, Co.

Tipperary, Gorey, Granard, Grey-

stones, Kilkee, Lismore, Lough-

rea, Mountmellick, Muineabeag,

Mullingar, Newcastlewest, Passage

West, Portlaoise, Roscommon,

Shannon, Tramore, Tuam.

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