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Housing Finance Agency Act 1981
Number 37 of 1981
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY ACT 1981
REVISED
Updated to 20 July 2026
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 37 of 1981
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY ACT 1981
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Acts Referred to |
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Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 |
1919, c. 57 |
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1963, No. 33 |
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Companies Acts, 1963 and 1977 |
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1970, No. 14 |
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1966, No. 21 |
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Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860 |
1860, c. 154 |
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1960, No. 45 |
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Number 37 of 1981
REVISED
Updated to 20 July 2026
HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY ACT 1981
REVISED
Updated to 20 July 2026
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION BY THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT OF A LIMITED COMPANY TO PROVIDE FINANCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR THE ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GUARANTEEING BY THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE OF BORROWINGS BY THE SAID COMPANY AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER CONNECTED MATTERS. [27th December, 1981]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: