Family Law (Protection of Spouses and Children) Act, 1981

Saving provisions.

16.—(1) Where, by reason only of a barring order, a person is not residing at a place during any period, he shall be deemed, for the purposes of any rights under the Landlord and Tenant Acts, 1967 to 1980, the Statute of Limitations, 1957, or the Rent Restrictions Acts, 1960 and 1967, to be residing at that place during that period.

(2) Except in so far as the exercise by a respondent spouse of a right to occupy the place to which a barring order relates is suspended by virtue of the order, the order shall not affect any estate or interest in that place of that spouse or any other person.