Labourers Cottages and Allotments (Ireland) Act 1882
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1882 c. 60 |
| Year | 1882 |
Labourers Cottages and Allotments (Ireland) Act, 1882
(45 & 46 Vict.) CHAPTER 60.
An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, relating to Labourers Cottages and Allotments.
[18th August 1882]
W HEREAS it is expedient to amend and extend the provisions relating to labourers cottages and allotments of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as theLabourers Cottages and Allotments (Ireland) Act, 1882.
2 Interpretation of terms.
2. In this Act the expression ‘the principal Act’ means the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, and the several words and expressions to which meanings are assigned by that Act shall have the same respective meanings in this Act unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto.
3 Power to Land Commission where agreement and declaration as to fair rent of holding is filed, to make an order as to the accommodation of the labourers employed on the holding.
3. Where under section eight of the principal Act the landlord and tenant of any holding have agreed and declared, or shall agree and declare, by writing under their hands, what is the fair rent of the holding, and such agreement and declaration has been or shall be filed in court, the Land Commission may at any time within six months from the passing of this Act, or within twelve months from the date of the filing of such declaration and agreement, whichever shall last happen, order the tenant of such holding for the accommodation of the labourers employed thereon to improve any existing cottage or cottages, or build any new cottage or cottages, or assign to any such cottage an allotment not exceeding half an acre, and may by such order fix the terms as to rent and otherwise on which such accommodation is to be provided, and any such order may be made on the application of the landlord, or of the tenant of the holding, or of any labourer bon fide employed and required for the cultivation thereof.
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