Derelict and Vacant Sites Bill 2017

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Summary

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to increase the levy placed on derelict sites; to ensure the register of derelict sites compiled by a local authority is made publicly available on the local authority's website; to ensure protection for the rights of older homeowners who have moved into residential care and own a derelict site; to amend the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to extend the definition of a "vacant site" to include sites below 0.05 hectares; to bring into operation the entering of vacant sites on local authority registers starting June 2017; to ensure the notification of owners of vacant sites of their entry on the register by 2017; to secure payment of the vacant levy by those on the register from 2017 and payment of arrears no later than 2018; to increase the vacant site levy; to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to secure the rights of tenants in buy-to-let properties; and to provide for related matters

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Timeline

1. 2 February 2017

   Published

2. 2 February 2017

   First Stage

   Source: Seanad Éireann

3. 2 February 2017

   Second Stage

   Defeated

   Source: Seanad Éireann

4. 8 February 2017

   Bill Defeated

   Source: Seanad Éireann

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1 official file

• As Initiated

  pdf · EN · 2 February 2017

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Sponsors

• Colette Kelleher · Sponsor
• Frances Black · Sponsor
• Lynn Ruane · Sponsor
• Alice-Mary Higgins · Sponsor
• Grace O'Sullivan · Sponsor
• John Dolan · Sponsor

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