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THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY
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IRELAND
President
ROBERT McD. TAYLOR
Vice-Presidents
PATRICK O'DONNELL
JAMES R. C. GREEN
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
CONTENTS
LAND ACT, 1965 — SECTION 45
As the home demand for Irish farm land far
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exceeds the supply, general policy requires that
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sucn land will not ordinarily pass into the control
of non-citizens. The Land Act, 1965, has taken
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factor into consideration and accordingly it
Rules of
the Superior Court
(No. 2)
maY be assumed generally that Land Commission
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consent, under Section 45 (2)
(a) of the Act, to
the sale of farm land to non-citizens is unlikely to
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be granted excePt
in verY exceptional circum
stances. Sales of land which would, in the opinion
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of the Land Commission, be useful for present or
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future land settlement schemes, and sales which
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would interfere with State afforestation schemes or
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All decisions under Section 45 are ultimately
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in the hands of the Land Commissioners and are
Absolute Liability
in Road Accident
so specifically stated in the Section to be "an
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excepted matter". The following are categories
within which there may be reasonable prospects
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(a) Parcels of land not of any significant size
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having regard to the quali ty of the land and
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local conditions generally.
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(b) Large mansions which have become insup-
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portably expensive for the ordinary purchaser,
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i.e. "white elephant" properties.
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