S.I. No. 163/1988:

FINANCE ACT, 1981 (CERTIFICATES OF REASONABLE COST) REGULATIONS, 1981 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1988.

FINANCE ACT, 1981 (CERTIFICATES OF REASONABLE COST) REGULATIONS, 1981 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1988.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Housing Act, 1966 (No. 21 of 1966) and section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1979 (No. 27 of 1979) (as applied by sections 23 and 24 of the Finance Act, 1981 (No. 16 of 1981)), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Finance Act, 1981 (Certificates of Reasonable Cost) Regulations, 1981 (Amendment) Regulations, 1988.

2. The following article shall be substituted for article 5 of the Finance Act, 1981 (Certificates of Reasonable Cost) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 300 of 1981 ) (as substituted by the Finance Act, 1981 (Certificates of Reasonable Cost) Regulations (Amendment) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 39 of 1983 )):

"5. The fee accompanying an application for a certificate shall be as follows:

( a ) in case the application relates to one house only, £50

( b ) in case the application relates to more than one house, £50 plus £20 in respect of each house exceeding one.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 8th day of July, 1988.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations further amend article 5 of the Finance Act, 1981 (Certificates of Reasonable Cost) Regulations, 1981. They provide for an increase in the fee accompanying an application for a Certificate of Reasonable Cost for the purposes of section 23 and 24 of the Finance Act, 1981 .