HC Deb 12 December 1919 vol 122 cc1877-8

(2) A scheme under this Section shall specify the land which the Board propose to acquire for the purposes of the scheme whether by agreement or compulsorily, and notice of the scheme and of the time (not being less than twenty-one days) within which objections to the scheme must be sent to the Board shall be given in the prescribed manner to the persons who appear to the Board to be owners, lessees, or occupiers of the land. (4) For the purpose of carrying out any scheme when so confirmed, the Local Government Board, in addition to their other powers, shall have and may exercise all the powers that may be exercised by a rural district council under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1919, for the purpose of carrying out an improvement scheme when confirmed by a final Order under Section six of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, including powers of acquiring land by agreement or compulsorily, and subject to such adaptations as may be made under this Section, those Acts and the Acts incorporated therein shall apply accordingly with the following modifications, namely:

  1. (a) an Order of the Board confirming a scheme under this Section shall have the like effect as if the scheme were an improvement scheme and the Order were an Order made and confirmed under Section six of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906;
  2. (b) two statute acres shall be substituted for one statute acre as the maximum area of the plot or garden that may be provided;
  3. (c)expenses incurred in making and carrying out schemes under this Section shall be defrayed in manner provided by this Section; and
  4. (d) the power of acquiring land shall not be exercised by the Board after the expiration of three years from the passing of this Act.

Mr. HENRY

I beg to move, in Subsection (2), to leave out the words "persons who appear to the Board to be owners, lessees or occupiers," and to insert instead thereof the words "owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and occupiers."

This relates to classes of persons who are to be served with notices in the case of the acquisition of land. It was agreed that we should insert in addition to the word "owner" or "lessee" the word "reputed," which is a common form.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. HENRY

I beg to move, in Subsection (4), after the word "powers" ["all the powers"], to insert the words "except powers of borrowing or causing a rate to be levied."

The object of this Amendment is merely to deprive the Local Government Board of other powers which they might under this Clause be held to possess. The Local Government Board have certain powers of acquiring land, and it might be contended that under the Clause they had powers of borrowing or causing a rate to be levied.

Amendment agreed to.