Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 14, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:

""land" has the meaning assigned to it by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;".

The Bill does not include a specific definition of "land" because the definition in the Interpretation Act 2005 is a generally applicable definition. However, it appears that the lack of a definition has resulted in some confusion relating to residential property and the purpose of the amendment is to insert a definition in order to remove any uncertainty on the matter. It states "land" has the meaning assigned to it by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. The definition of "land" in that Act is more detailed than the definition in the Interpretation Act 2005 in so far as it explicitly includes "buildings or structures of any kind on land and any part of them, whether the division is made horizontally, vertically or in any other way". Therefore, it clearly includes apartments, as well as other types of buildings.

Amendment agreed to.

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