Housing (Private Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities) Regulations, 1952
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Private Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities) Regulations, 1952.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Minister" means the Minister for Local Government ;
"sanitary authority" has the same meaning as in the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 1948 ;
"the Act" means the Housing (Amendment) Act, 1952 , (No. 16 of 1952) ;
"appointed officer" means an officer appointed by the Minister for the purposes of the Act.
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paragraphs: Any doubt, dispute or question which may arise as to the interpretation of these Regulations or as to the making or the amount of a grant in respect of the provision and installation of a private water supply and sewerage facilities shall be determined by the Minister and such determination shall be final.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall apply to the provision and installation in dwelling-houses of private water supplies and sewerage facilities in respect of which grants are sought from the Minister under Section 7 of the Act.
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paragraphs: — (1) The conditions set out in Schedule I to these Regulations shall be complied with in relation to a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply.
(2) Any of the said conditions may be dispensed with by the Minister in any particular case where he is satisfied that circumstances exist which render rigid adherence to the conditions undesirable.
(3) In any case where the said conditions are not fully complied with, the Minister may reduce the amount of the grant to such amount as he thinks fit.
(4) The said conditions are in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of any relevant bye-laws for the time being in force of the sanitary authority in whose functional area the dwelling-house is situate.
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paragraphs: The date when the provision and installation of a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply is begun shall be deemed to be the date when construction work is commenced notwithstanding any excavation, site clearance, cartage of materials or preliminary investigation of source of water supply carried out prior to that date.
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paragraphs: The procedure set out in Schedule II to these Regulations shall be complied with by the person proposing to provide and instal or providing and installing a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply and by the appointed officer.
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paragraphs: The forms set out in Schedule III to these Regulations or forms to the like effect varied as circumstances may require shall be prescribed forms and shall be used for the purpose for which they are respectively expressed to be applicable in relation to the provision and installation of a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply.
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paragraphs: Materials and appliances manufactured or produced in Ireland shall be used as far as possible in the provision and installation of a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply and where the Minister is satisfied that this requirement has not been complied with without reasonable cause he may refuse the grant or reduce the amount of the grant to such amount as he thinks fit
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paragraphs: No grant shall be payable in respect of the provision and installation of a private water supply and sewerage facilities to which these Regulations apply, notwithstanding the issue of a certificate of the appointed officer required by these Regulations that any of the provisions of the Act or these Regulations have been complied with, unless the Minister is satisfied as to the accuracy of such certificate.
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paragraphs: Any person aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of an appointed officer to give a certificate required by these Regulations may appeal to the Minister and on such appeal the Minister may as he shall think proper give or refuse such certificate and the decision of the Minister on such appeal shall be final.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this Sixteenth day of October One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-Two.
PATRICK SMITH,
Minister for Local Government.
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.
SEÃ?N MacENTEE,
Minister for Finance.