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438 Tenant Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 1860, notwithstanding that the allotment exceeds half an acre, and that by the terms of such letting the tenant is bound to keep the windows of such cottage and the fences of such allotment in repair.

6. The inspector who holds a local inquiry under section four of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1891, and the inspector who makes a complaint, and the inspector to whom authority is given by an order of the Local Government Board under section eight of the said Act, need not be the same person, but may be any inspector of the Local Government Board.

7. A sanitary authority may, with the sanction of the Local Government Board, sell any cottage erected or, acquired by them under the principal Acts with the land attached, which has ceased to be required for the purposes of those Acts, subject to the following conditions:—
 * (1.) The purchaser shall be liable for the repayment of the amount charged on such cottage and land under section eighteen of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1883, and shall not let the same, save in accordance with the conditions of letting specified in section thirteen of the said Act of 1883:
 * (2.) Such cottage and land shall be offered for sale at a reserve price, being not less than the amount of the costs and expenses paid by the sanitary authority in respect thereof:
 * (3.) Such cottage and land shall be offered for sale at the said reserve price first to the owner or successor in title of the owner from whom the land was originally purchased or taken on lease:
 * (4.) If such owner or his successor in title declines, or within a reasonable time to be specified in the offer made to him neglects, to purchase, such cottage and land shall be offered for sale at the said reserve price to the occupier of the holding from which the land was taken:
 * (5.) If such occupier declines, or within a reasonable time to be specified in the offer made to him neglects, to purchase, such cottage and land shall be offered for sale by public auction or private tender after publication of advertisements of the sale in the newspapers circulating in the district, at a price not less than the said reserve price.

9. The power to make rules conferred upon the Lord Lieutenant in Council by section twelve of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1885, shall be construed as including a power to rescind, revoke, amend, or vary such rules.

10. The principal Acts as amended by this Act shall continue in force for five years from the passing of this Act, and until the end of the session of Parliament next ensuing.

11. This Act may be cited as the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1896, and save where inconsistent therewith shall be construed as one with the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1892 (in this Act referred to as the principal Acts) and the said Acts and this Act may be cited collectively as the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1896.