HOUSING IMPROVEMENT ACT 1940 - SECT 16

This legislation has been repealed.

HOUSING IMPROVEMENT ACT 1940 - SECT 16

16—General powers of the housing authority

        (1)         For the purposes of and subject to this Act the housing authority may—

            (a)         borrow money for the purpose of building houses in the execution of this Act; and

            (b)         mortgage, charge or enter into any other transaction for making any of its property security for any loan; and

            (c)         buy, sell, let, exchange, hire or otherwise dispose of real and personal property of any kind; and

            (d)         build, alter, enlarge, repair and improve houses or enter into contracts under which houses will be built, altered, enlarged, repaired or improved on behalf of the housing authority; and

            (e)         convert buildings into houses; and

            (f)         let houses and exercise in relation to any houses of the housing authority any power which a landlord has by statute or otherwise; and

            (g)         insure any property belonging to the housing authority; and

            (h)         pay bonuses or make allowances to tenants of houses of the housing authority, who show special diligence and care; and

                  (i)         exercise any other power necessary or convenient for carrying this Act into effect.

        (2)         The housing authority shall not borrow any money pursuant to this Act or mortgage or charge any of its property or give any of its property as security for any loan except with the consent in writing of the Minister.

        (3)         Without limitation of any other power conferred by this Act the housing authority, if satisfied that, for the development of any locality in which any housing estate of the housing authority is or is intended to be situated, it is necessary or desirable so to do, may buy any land for any purpose other than the provision of housing and may for any such purpose sell or exchange any land.

        (4)         The housing authority may erect houses on any land of the housing authority for disposal as provided by subsection (6)

. The housing authority may erect houses on land other than land of the housing authority for any person or approved body and may erect houses or buildings of any kind on land other than land of the housing authority for any department or instrumentality of the Commonwealth or of the State.

        (5)         With the consent of the Governor the housing authority may:

            (a)         erect on any land of the housing authority any shop, workshop, or building of any kind which, in the opinion of the Governor, it is desirable to erect for the service and convenience of persons occupying houses erected by the housing authority; and

            (b)         erect on any land of the housing authority any factory and any addition to a factory; provided that no factory or addition to a factory shall be erected under this paragraph unless the erection thereof is recommended by the Industries Development Committee within the meaning of the Industries Development Act 1941

; and

            (c)         on the recommendation of the Industries Development Committee, purchase any factory and any land used in connection with that factory.

        (6)         The housing authority may, for such term and upon such conditions as it thinks fit let any house erected pursuant to subsection (4)

of this section on land of the housing authority, or any shop, building, workshop, factory, or addition to a factory erected pursuant to subsection (5)

of this section on land of the housing authority, or any factory purchased pursuant to subsection (5)

of this section together with any land used in connection therewith respectively, or may sell the same upon such conditions as the housing authority thinks fit.

        (7)         The housing authority shall, before undertaking the erection of any house, on land other than land of the housing authority, make such arrangements as it thinks fit for payment to the housing authority for undertaking such erection.

        (8)         The housing authority shall in all cases provided for by this section take proper and adequate measures to secure the payment to the housing authority of any moneys due to the housing authority and remaining unpaid together with interest thereon.

        (9)         In this section—

"approved body" means a municipal or district council, or any company, firm, charitable organisation or society approved either generally or specifically from time to time by the Governor on the recommendation of the housing authority.

        (10)         The housing authority may use, for the purposes of subsections (4)

and (5)

of this section, any moneys in the Housing Improvement Fund.

        (11)         Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the housing authority shall be deemed to have and to have had at all times power to erect any shops, workshops, factories, halls or buildings of any kind on land other than land of the housing authority the erection of which had been commenced or completed prior to the commencement of the Housing Improvement Act Amendment Act 1961

.