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MEATH SOLICITORS' ASSOCIATION
At the Annual Meeting on the 28th October,
Mr. Donal Kearney,
solicitor, Oldcastle, was
elected President and Mr. T. Noonan was elected
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer for the coming year.
The following Committee was elected, N. Lacy, S.
Keaveny, F. Reilly, F. Thornton, A. Donnelly and
M. Smvth. P. Noonan was appointed Provincial
Delegate.
COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITABLE
DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS
BOARD MEETINGS
Hilary Term — 1966
Tuesday:
llth January, 1966
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25th January, 1966
8th February, 1966
22nd February, 1966
8th March, 1966
22nd March, 1966
5th April, 1966
LAND ACT 1965 —Section 45 (2)
(a)
A form of application for consent of the Land
Commission to the vesting in non-qualified per
sons who have an interest in land lots situated in
a County Borough, Urban District or town is now
available. Copies of this form (N.Q. 1) may be
obtained on application to the Secretary, Land
Commission, 24 Merrion Street, Dublin, 2.
In future, form (N.Q. 1) must be completed
in all cases in which the consent of the Land
Commission under section 45
(2)
(a), Land Act
1965 is required, and it is hoped that the adoption
generally of the standard application form will
permit applications to be disposed of more speedily.
Attention is drawn, however, to the necessity to
answer correctly all the questions set out in form
(N.Q. 1); failure to do so will result in decisions
in individual cases being held up.
HOUSING LOANS
The following information which appeared in
the June, 1964 issue of the GAZETTE is repeated
for the guidance of members who have raised
queries in connection herewith recently : —
"Members please note that under the Housing
Authorities (Loans for Acquisition or Construc
tion of Houses) Regulations, 1964 (S.I. No. 130
of 1964) :—
Clause 3 (1) provides that the amount of a loan
shall not exceed £2,250 or 95 per cent of the
value of the house excluding from that value the
amount of any grant under any other enactment.
Clause 3 (2) provides that where the borrower
surrenders to the housing authority making the
loan, the tenency of a dwelling provided by the
housing authority under the Housing of the Work
ing Classes Act,
1890
to 1958 or under
the
Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1962 the amount of a
loan shall not exceed £2,250 or 99 per cent of
the value of the house excluding from that value
the amount of any grant under any enactment.
Clause 4
(1)
(a)
provides
(inter alia)
that
n the case of a house occupied for the first time
vhe amount which in the opinion of the housing
authority represents the reasonable cost (includ
ing all reasonable incidental expenses) of building
the house and the value of the interest of the
borrower in the site thereof shall be considered as
the value of the house. Clause 4
(1)
(b)
the
value in other cases is to be considered the amount
which in the opinion of the housing authority,
the house
if sold on
the open market might
reasonably be expected to realise together with
so much, if any, of the legal and other incidental
expenses to the acquisition of the ownership of
the house as the housing authority may consider
proper.
Clause 8 provides that a loan shall be repaid
with interest within a period not exceeding 35
years from the date of payment of the loan, or,
if the loan is made by instalments, from such date
as may be as determined by the housing authority.
Clause 10 provides that a loan may be repaid
either by equal instalments of principal or by an
annuity of principal and interest combined and
all payments on account of principal or interest
shall be made at a periods not exceeding a half
year may be determined by the housing authority.
Clause 12 sets out the provisions prerequisite to
obtaining a loan. There is a schedule to the in
struments setting out scale of fees in connection
therewith."
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
CORPORATION LOANS
The attention of members is directed to the
difficulties arising from
the withdrawal by the
Corporation of sanctions for loans where loans
are not taken up within the time named in the
letter of acceptance from the Corporation. Gen
erally, the offer is subject to immediate acceptance
and in the absence of a specified arrangement