Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979

Amendment of section 33 of Principal Act.

15.—(1) Where, in respect of a new house—

(a) either—

(i) a certificate was or is granted by the Minister on or after the 1st day of January, 1976, stating that the consideration for the sale of the house did not exceed the amount appearing to the Minister to represent reasonable value for the purposes of section 35 (2) (a) (ii) of the Principal Act, or

(ii) a certificate was or is granted by the Minister on or after that date dispensing with a requirement of the Minister that there be in relation to the house a certificate of the kind referred to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,

and

(b) a certificate was or is granted by the Minister stating that the house had or has been satisfactorily completed,

section 33 (1) of the Principal Act shall apply, and be deemed always to have applied, in relation to the revised valuation of the tenement consisting of or including the house notwithstanding that a grant referred to in that section was not paid in respect of the house.

(2) Where a grant was or is paid under section 6 of this Act in respect of improvement works to a house for the accommodation of a physically disabled person or a severely mentally handicapped person, section 33 (4) of the Principal Act shall apply, and be deemed always to have applied, in relation to the valuation of the tenement consisting of or including the house.