Damage To Property (Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1926

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Number 19 of 1926.


DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1926.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Principal Act.

2.

Payment of ten per cent. addition to compensation.

3.

Manner of payment.

4.

Cases within section 15 of the Principal Act.

5.

Amount of compensation not to be influenced by provisions of this Act.

6.

Charge of certain sums on the Central Fund.

7.

Short title, construction, and citation.


Acts Referred to

Damage to Property (Compensation) Act, 1923

No. 15 of 1923

Treaty (Confirmation of Amending Agreement) Act, 1925

No. 40 of 1925

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Number 19 of 1926.


DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1926.


AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR INCREASING BY TEN PER CENT. THE AMOUNT OF THE COMPENSATION PAID OR TO BE PAID UNDER THE CRIMINAL INJURIES ACTS IN RESPECT OF INJURIES TO WHICH PART II OF THE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY (COMPENSATION) ACT, 1923 APPLIES, AND TO AUTHORISE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH INCREASE BY THE ISSUE OF FIVE PER CENT. SECURITIES, AND TO AUTHORISE THE ISSUE OF LIKE SECURITIES FOR INCREASING BY AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING TEN PER CENT. THE SUMS WHICH HAVE BEEN OR MAY HEREAFTER BE PAID BY WAY OF COMPENSATION IN CASES WITHIN SECTION 15 OF THE SAID ACT, AND TO AUTHORISE THE ISSUE OUT OF THE CENTRAL FUND OF THE SUMS NECESSARY TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE IRISH FREE STATE BY ARTICLE 3 OF THE AGREEMENT MADE ON THE 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER, 1925 BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE IRISH FREE STATE. [11th June, 1926.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—