Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967

Notice requiring information.

7.—(1) For the purpose of securing the joinder of all necessary parties in the conveyance of the fee simple in land to a person entitled to acquire it under this Act, the person may—

(a) serve a notice in the prescribed form upon his immediate lessor in relation to the land requiring information as to the nature and duration of his reversion in the land and the existence and nature of any incumbrance thereon, the name and address of the person for the time being entitled to the next superior interest in theland and of the owner of any such incumbranee and any other information reasonably necessary for the purpose aforesaid, and

(b) serve a similar notice upon each other person having a superior interest in the land.

(2) Where a person upon whom a notice may be served under subsection (1) of this section in relation to land cannot be found or ascertained, a notice in the prescribed form may be served upon the person receiving the rent in respect of the land requiring the name and address of the person to whom the rent is paid by the person upon whom the notice is served and any other information reasonably necessary for the purpose specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) A person upon whom a notice is served under this section shall, within one month of such service, give so much of the information required by the notice as is within his possession or procurement to the person by whom the notice is served.