HL Deb 10 August 1896 vol 44 cc332-3

(1.) The Land Commission, on making an advance, may dispense with the whole or any part of the guarantee deposit being made or retained if they think the security for the repayment of the advance is sufficient without it.

(2.) The Land Commission may, if they think fit, on application, pay to the person entitled thereto the whole or any part of the guarantee deposit made or retained in respect of advances under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, except in a case where any part of the deposit has been actually applied in pursuance of the Land Purchase Acts.

(3.) In the case of any advance made otherwise than under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, the Land Commission may pay out of the guarantee deposit to the person entitled thereto a sum equal to the portion of the advance which at the end of any decade is ascertained under the provisions of this Act to have been repaid.

*THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE

moved in Sub-section (2) after "Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891," to insert "or the Redemption of Rent (Ireland) Act, 1891."

Amendment agreed to.

THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE

also moved to insert the same words "1891" in Sub-section (3.)

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 30,—