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Timestamp: 2020-08-05 12:46:23
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“(4A) Section 211(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 shall not apply to the sale of a dwelling under subsection (1)( a)( i).”.
( a) In paragraph (c), delete “and”.
( b) Insert the following after paragraph (c):
“ ( ca) to manage the Affordable Dwellings Fund established under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 in accordance with that Act and any regulations made by the Minister under that Act,
( cb) to advance moneys from the said Affordable Dwellings Fund to housing authorities for any purpose authorised by or under section 94 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and”.
( a) In paragraph ( c), delete “or”.
( b) In paragraph ( d), substitute “ body, or” for “body.”.
( c) Insert the following after paragraph ( d):
“( e) a housing authority from the Affordable Dwellings Fund established under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 subject to and in accordance with that Act and any regulations made by the Minister under that Act, for any purpose authorised by or under section 94 of that Act”.
( a) In subsection (1), insert “and (8)” after “subsection (2)”.
( b) Insert the following after subsection (7):
“(8) ( a) This section shall not apply to apartments in a designated apartment complex.
( b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), “apartments” and “designated apartment complex” have the same meaning as they have in section 50 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
In subsection (3), substitute “ Section 11 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009” for “Section 56(2) of the Principal Act”.
“‘improvement notice’ has the meaning given to it by section 18A;
In subsection (2), substitute the following for paragraph ( a):
“( a) who has been assessed under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 as being qualified for social housing support, but only if by exercising those functions the authority is satisfied that the person’s need for such support will be met or obviated, or”.
( b) Delete subsections (3) to (6).
( c) In subsection (7)( b), insert “and any common areas” after “house”.
( d) In subsection (7):
(i) in paragraph ( g) substitute “food;” for “food.”, and
(ii) insert the following after paragraph ( g):
“( h) fire safety.”.
( e) Substitute the following for subsection (8):
“(8) For the purposes of subsection (7)( b) ‘a proper state of structural repair’ means sound, internally and externally, with roof, roofing tiles and slates, windows, floors, ceilings, walls, stairs, doors, skirting boards, fascia, tiles on any floor, ceiling and wall, gutters, down pipes, fittings, furnishings, gardens and common areas maintained in good condition and repair and not defective due to dampness or otherwise.”.
( f) Insert the following after subsection (8):
18A. —(1) Where, in the opinion of a housing authority, a landlord is contravening or has contravened a requirement of a regulation made under section 18, the authority may give notice in writing (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”) to the landlord of the house concerned.
(2) An improvement notice shall —
( a) state that the housing authority is of the opinion referred to in subsection (1),
( c) identify the provision of the regulation concerned in respect of which that opinion is held,
( d) direct the landlord to remedy the contravention within the period specified in the notice commencing on the date specified therein, which date shall not be earlier than the end of the period within which an objection may be submitted under subsection (6),
( e) include information regarding the submission of an objection and the making of an appeal in relation to the notice, specifying—
( f) contain a statement that if an objection is not submitted in accordance with subsection (6) and within the period specified in that subsection then—
( g) be signed and dated by the housing authority.
(5) ( a) A landlord to whom an improvement notice has been given who is of the opinion that the improvement notice has been complied with shall, before the expiration of the period specified in the notice for the purpose of subsection (2)( d), confirm in writing to the housing authority that the matters referred to in the notice have been so remedied and shall give a copy of the confirmation to the tenant.
( b) Where a landlord confirms to the housing authority in accordance with paragraph ( a) that the matters referred to in the improvement notice have been remedied, the housing authority, on being satisfied that the matters have been so remedied, shall, within 28 days of receiving such confirmation, give notice in writing to the landlord of compliance with the improvement notice and shall give a copy of the notice to the tenant.
( c) The notice under paragraph ( b) does not preclude any inspection which the housing authority considers necessary in relation to the house concerned or the service of a further improvement notice which the authority may consider necessary.
(7) ( a) The landlord may, no later than 14 days after the decision under subsection (6) is notified by the housing authority to him or her, appeal the decision to a judge of the District Court in the district court district in which the notice was served.
( b) A landlord who appeals under paragraph ( a) shall at the same time notify the housing authority in writing of the appeal and the grounds for the appeal.
( c) The housing authority shall be entitled to appear, be heard and adduce evidence on the hearing of the appeal.
( d) In determining an appeal under paragraph ( a), the judge of the District Court may confirm, vary or cancel the improvement notice if he or she considers it reasonable to do so.
( a) the day after the day on which the notice is confirmed or varied;
( b) the day after the objection is withdrawn by the landlord;
( c) the date specified in the notice.
( b) the day after the appeal is withdrawn by the landlord;
(11) The housing authority may —
( b) where no objection is submitted or appeal made or pending, extend the date specified in the notice for the purposes of subsection (2)( d).
18B. —(1) Where a landlord fails to comply with an improvement notice in accordance with section 18A, the housing authority may give notice in writing (in this Act referred to as a “prohibition notice”) to the landlord of the house concerned.
(2) A prohibition notice shall —
( a) state that the housing authority is of the opinion that the landlord has failed to comply with an improvement notice,
( b) direct that the landlord shall not re-let the house for rent or other valuable consideration until the landlord has remedied the contravention to which the improvement notice relates,
( c) include information regarding the making of an appeal in relation to the notice, specifying—
( d) be signed and dated by the housing authority.
(4) ( a) A landlord aggrieved by a prohibition notice may, within 14 days beginning on the day on which the notice is given to him or her, appeal the notice to a judge of the District Court in the district court district in which the notice was served.
( d) In determining an appeal under paragraph ( a), the judge of the District Court may confirm, vary or cancel the prohibition notice if he or she considers it reasonable to do so.
(5) A prohibition notice shall take effect —
( a) in the case of an appeal under subsection (4), on the later of the following:
( b) in any other case on the later of the following:
(i) the day after the expiry of the period allowed by subsection (4)( a) for making an appeal;
(10) A housing authority shall, in the interests of public health and safety, make such arrangements as they consider appropriate or necessary to bring the contents of a prohibition notice to the attention of the public. ”.
( a) a county, the county council,
( b) a city, the city council,
( c) a borough mentioned in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects—
(iii) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, and
( d) a town mentioned in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects—
(iv) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, and
( e) a town mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act of 2001, except as respects—
(v) Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, and
( a) the boroughs of Drogheda, Sligo and Wexford, except as respects—
( b) the town of Bray, except as respects—
( c) the towns of Athlone and Dundalk, except as respects—
and references to the functional area of a housing authority shall be construed accordingly. ”.
( a) Substitute the following for subsection (1)—
( a) by act or omission, obstructs an authorised person in the lawful exercise of the powers conferred by, or contravenes a provision of, or a regulation made under, section 17, 18 or 20, or
( b) fails to comply with an improvement notice, or
( c) re-lets a house in breach of a prohibition notice,
( a) In paragraph ( b) of the definition of “anti-social behaviour”—
(ii) behaviour which causes any significant or persistent impairment of a person ’s use or enjoyment of his or her home, or
(iii) damage to or defacement by writing or other marks of any property, including a person ’s home;”.
( b) In the definition of “tenant” insert the following after “2000”:
Insert the following after paragraph ( a):
“( aa) let to a tenant under a Chapter 4 tenancy agreement, or”.
Section 4A( b)
Substitute “ section 30 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009” for “ section 9 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992”.
(ii) in paragraph ( a), substitute “an allocation” for “a letting”, and
(iii) in paragraph ( b), substitute “an allocation” for “an application for the letting”.
( b) Substitute the following for subsection (2):
( a) Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 or an incremental purchase arrangement under the said Part 3,
( b) Part 4 of the said Act, or
( c) Part 5 of the said Act or an affordable dwelling purchase arrangement under the said Part 5, or
( d) section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 (inserted by section 26 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992) or a purchase scheme under the said section 90,
(iv) in the case of section 90 of the Housing Act 1966, a tenant,
where the authority considers that the said tenant or the said eligible household or any member of the eligible household or of the tenant ’s household, as the case may be, is or has been engaged in anti-social behaviour or that a sale to that eligible household or tenant would not be in the interest of good estate management.”.
“(2) A housing authority may, for the purposes of any of their functions under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 or Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, request from another housing authority or a specified person, information in relation to any person—
( a) seeking a house or site from the authority or seeking to occupy a caravan on a site or residing or proposing to reside at a house provided by the authority or by an approved body, including a house the subject of a rental accommodation availability agreement, or seeking or receiving any other housing support (within the meaning of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009) under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009, or
( b) whom the authority considers may be or may have been engaged in anti-social behaviour,
and, notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, such other housing authority or specified person may provide the information to the housing authority requesting it. ”.
( b) Delete subsection (2).
( c) Substitute the following for subsection (3):
( a) every local authority whose administrative area adjoins, or is contained in, the functional area of the authority preparing a programme under section 7,
( b) the Health Service Executive,
( c) approved bodies engaged in the provision of accommodation or shelter in the functional area concerned,
( d) any local consultative committee in the functional area concerned, and
( e) such local community bodies in the functional area concerned and any other person, as the housing authority considers appropriate.”.
( d) In subsection (4), insert the following after paragraph ( a):
“( aa) any summary of social housing assessments prepared under section 21(c) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009,”.
( e) In subsection (6), substitute “in relation to any summary of social housing assessments referred to in subsection 4( aa), furnish such information” for “in relation to an assessment made by it under section 9 of the Act of 1988, furnish from the assessment such information”.
( f) Delete subsection (7).
( a) In paragraph ( a), delete the words from “and any” to the end of the paragraph.
( b) In paragraph ( b), substitute “in the most recent summary of social housing assessments prepared by a housing authority under section 21(c) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009” for “in the most recent assessment made by a housing authority under section 9 of the Act of 1998”.
( b) Delete subsections (2) and (3).
( a) In subsection (2), substitute “summary of social housing assessments prepared under section 21(a) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009” for “housing assessment or assessments made under section 9 of the Housing Act, 1988,
( b) In subsection 4—
(i) in paragraph ( a), substitute the following for subparagraphs (i) and (ii):
(ii) delete paragraph ( b),
( c) In subsection (5)( a), insert the following after subparagraph (v):
( a) Substitute the following for subsection (12)—
“(12) Any amount referred to in subsection (11) and any amount paid to a planning authority in accordance with subsection (3)( b)(vi), (vii) or (viii) shall be accounted for in a separate account and shall only be applied as capital for its functions in relation to the provision of housing under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2009, including the making of payments under section 94 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 into the Affordable Dwellings Fund established under Part 5 of that Act.”.
( b) In subsection (13)( a), substitute “required for households assessed under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 as being qualified for social housing support” for “for persons referred to in section 9(2) of the Housing Act, 1988”.
Section 66(1)( j)
Substitute the following for subparagraph (ii) —
Substitute the following for subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph ( b) of the definition of “relevant purpose”—