Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

In cases of subletting with consent, payment to tenant shall free sub-tenant from liability to landlord.

19. Where any subletting shall take place with the consent of the landlord given in manner aforesaid, except in the case of a building lease, and the sub-tenant shall have paid and satisfied the rent or any part thereof due from him to the tenant or his representatives, the receipt of such tenant or his representatives shall be a full discharge to such sub-tenant and the lands sublet, as against the landlord so consenting, in respect of all rent issuing out of the same and theretofore due, except so much, if any, as remains due from the sub-tenant; provided the landlord shall not have previously served the notice upon the default herein-after mentioned: Provided always, that such discharge to such sub-tenant shall be without prejudice to the landlord’s remedies for the balance of his rent against the tenant or his representatives and the other premises out of which such rent shall accrue due.