S.I. No. 211/1995:

HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

HOUSING (NEW HOUSE GRANTS ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1990 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1995.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966), as amended by section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 (No. 18 of 1992), and by section 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979), as amended by section 25 of the Housing Act, 1988 (No. 28 of 1988), which powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 3 of 1995 ), I, LIZ McMANUS, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 (Amendment) Regulations, 1995.

2. The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (j) of sub-article (1) of article 6 of the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 34 of 1990 ):

"(j) in the case of a house the foundations of which are completed on or after the 1st day of August, 1995 and which is located in--

(i) the county borough of Dublin, or

(ii) the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown other than the areas specified in Part I of the Third Schedule, or

(iii) the administrative county of Fingal other than the areas specified in Part II of the Third Schedule, or

(iv) the administrative county of South Dublin other than the areas specified in Part III of the Third Schedule, or

(v) the county borough of Cork, or

(vi) the areas of the administrative county of Cork specified in Part IV of the Third Schedule,

unless the house has a principal means of space and water heating which uses electricity, gas or oil, or a solid fuel burning appliance of a type designed to use smokeless fuel;".

3. The Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 are hereby amended by the substitution of the Schedule to these Regulations for the Third Schedule thereto.

SCHEDULE

"THIRD SCHEDULE

Article 4

PART I

Excluded areas of the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

1. The District Electoral Division of Tibradden.

2. That part of the District Electoral Division of Glencullen situated west of an imaginary line drawn as follows:-- Commencing at the junction of Slate Cabin Lane and Woodside Road, thence in a south-easterly direction and proceeding along Woodside Road and Ballyedmonduff Road to the county boundary at Glencullen Bridge.

PART II

Excluded areas of the administrative county of Fingal

1. The District Electoral Divisions of--

2. That part of the District Electoral Division of Swords-Lissenhall situated north of the Broad Meadow River.

PART III

Excluded areas of the administrative county of South Dublin

The District Electoral Divisions of--

PART IV

Included areas of the administrative county of Cork

1. The District Electoral Divisions of--

2. That part of the District Electoral Divisions of Bishopstown and St. Mary's not within the county borough of Cork."

Dated this 28th day of July, 1995.

LIZ McMANUS,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 28th day of July, 1995.

RUAIRÍ QUINN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Housing (New House Grants etc.) Regulations, 1990 in relation to the principal heating arrangements applicable in the case of grants for new houses in certain areas of Cork and Dublin.