It may be subject to a commencement order.does it immeadiately become law after the presidents signs it?
It must be passed by the Seanad first.
On completion of Report Stage, the Bill is sent back to the Seanad to inform them of changes made in the Dail. Once that process is completed the Bill is sent to the President for signature and then becomes an Act. The majority of the sections will commence very shortly after signature by the President. A number of
sections may require regulations to be made and will be commenced when that process is completed.
I'm hoping some one can make my day and clarify an issue I have.
I live in an own door duplex with no access to 'inside' common areas yet almost half of my service charge or about 410e goes towards: electricity of common halls, cleaning, carpet cleaning, vermin control (inside), electrical repair and maintenance of common halls, fire safety equipment, access and intercom systems and internal building repair.
The MUD Act states in section 18 that "The annual service charge shall be calculated on a transparent basis and shall be equitably apportioned between unit owners" - does this mean I now have a legal basis for challenging the parts of the service charge outlined above from which I derive zero benefit.
I very much doubt it. Lift maintenance makes up a significant proportion of the common area expenditure in apartment complexes, but those on the ground floor stil have to pay for such maintenance.
i believe the lease usually states an amount and as Yorrick says ts based on a calculation, bedrooms, square footage or a simple percentage ie all ie total budget divided by number of units. I know my lease doesn't mention what paid for out of that amount. the fact the company decide to spend it for various services doesn't come into it. also depending on the development shouldn't larger units pay more in insurance costs then likewise top floor units should only pay for guttering.
The bill states that The annual service charge shall be calculated on a transparent basis and shall be equitably apportioned between unit owners. It is surely not equitably apportioned in this case.
Why should a house not pay to clean these common areas and I do when neither of us derive benefit from them?
A lease should mention a percentage of the budget rather than a monetary amount. The budget is a development budget and not a unit budget so it's a contribution to the overall costs rather than unit/service specific in most cases..
The examples you suggest don't necessarily correlate, guttering issues affect the entire building and the roof which is in everyone's interest to maintain. As the management company insurance is for buildings ie the outer walls, unit size shouldn't matter when it's the shell that's insured? Don't forget insurance costs also include common areas, car parks, communal hallways, playgrounds etc.