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4 1950

AIR NAVIGATION AND TRANSPORT ACT, 1950

PART III.

Vesting of certain land in the Minister and provisions in relation to that and other land acquired by the Minister.

Vesting in the Minister of lands described in the Second Schedule and cesser of application of State Lands Act, 1924 to lands described in Part I of the Second Schedule.

10. —(1) (a) On the passing of this Act, the lands described in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act (which said lands form part of Dublin Airport) shall, by virtue of this subsection, vest in the Minister for all the interest therein which immediately before the passing of this Act belonged to the State.

(b) The State Lands Act, 1924 (No. 45 of 1924), shall cease to apply to the lands described in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act.

(2) On the passing of this Act, the lands described in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act (which said lands form another part of Dublin Airport) shall, by virtue of this subsection, vest in the Minister for all the interest therein which immediately before the passing of this Act was vested in the Minister for Defence.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall, for the purposes of section 6 of the Conveyancing Act, 1881, have effect as conveyances of land.

(4) (a) Where any person is registered under the Registration of Title Act, 1891, as the owner of any interest in any land which, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section vests in the Minister, the Registrar of Titles shall, on production of a certificate under the official seal of the Minister certifying that such land, has by virtue of such subsection, vested in him, cause the Minister to be registered as the owner of such interest instead of such person.

(b) No fees shall be payable in respect of any proceedings in the Land Registry under this subsection.

Application of Principal Act to lands described in Second and Third Schedules.

11. —The lands described in the Second Schedule to this Act and the lands described in the Third Schedule to this Act (which said last-mentioned lands form part of Shannon Airport and were acquired by the Minister under the Emergency Powers (No. 315) Order, 1944 (S. R. & O., No. 74 of 1944)), shall, for the purposes of the Principal Act, be deemed to have been acquired thereunder.

Disposal of land acquired by the Minister under the Principal Act and lands described in the Second and Third Schedules.

12. —(1) In this section, the word “dispose”, in relation to land, means deal with the land in any of the following ways—

(a) sell it,

(b) lease or let it,

(c) grant a licence of it,

(d) grant (by way of lease, letting or licence) a right in respect of it,

and the word “disposal” shall be construed accordingly.

(2) (a) The Minister, with the consent, either general or particular, of the Minister for Finance, may dispose of the whole or any part of—

(i) land acquired by him (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Principal Act,

(ii) the lands described in the Second and Third Schedules to this Act.

(b) The power of disposal conferred by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall extend to parts of buildings.

(c) The Minister shall not, in exercise of his powers under paragraph (a) of this subsection, dispose of any State minerals within the meaning of the Minerals Development Act, 1940 (No. 31 of 1940), except sand, gravel, stone or clay which is not more than twenty feet below the surface.

(3) Any moneys received by the Minister in respect of the disposal of land under subsection (2) of this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.