Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967

Interpretation.

2.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1931” means the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931 ;

“the Act of 1958” means the Landlord and Tenant (Reversionary Leases) Act, 1958 ;

“building lease” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Act of 1958;

“business” means any trade, profession or business, whether carried on for gain or reward or not, and the public service and “used for the purposes of business” means used wholly or in part for the purposes of business;

“the Court” means the Circuit Court;

“development” has the meaning assigned to it by the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 ;

“fee simple” does not include the interest in land of a person holding the land under a fee farm grant;

“immediate lessor”, in relation to a lessee or yearly tenant, means the person for the time being entitled to the next superior interest in the land held by the lessee or tenant, as the case may be;

“lessee” shall, where the context so admits, be construed as including the personal representatives and successors in title of the lessee;

“lessor” shall, where the context so admits, be construed as including the personal representatives and successors in title of the lessor;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

“planning authority” has the meaning assigned to it by the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963 ;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

“proprietary lease” has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 of the Act of 1958;

“superior lessor”, in relation to a lessee or yearly tenant, means any person entitled to an interest in the land held by the lessee or tenant superior to the interest of the person from whom the lessee or tenant holds the land.

(2) References in this Act to a covenant, condition or agreement in a lease include references to a reservation, stipulation or proviso or to any other similar provision in the lease.

(3) References in this Act to the county registrar for the area in which any land is situate shall, where the land is situate in theareas of two or more county registrars, be construed as references to the county registrar for the area in which the larger or largest portion of the land is situate.

(4) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.