Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

Tenancies to which the Act does not apply.

33 & 34 Vict. c. 46.

38 & 39 Vict. c. 42.

58. This Act, with the exception of so much thereof as amends the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, in respect of compensation for improvements, and with the exception of Part Five of this Act, shall not apply to tenancies in—

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(2.) . . . any holding ordinarily termed “town-parks” adjoining or near to any city or town which bears an increased value as accommodation land over and above the ordinary letting value of land occupied as a farm, and is in the occupation of a person living in such city or town, or the suburbs thereof; or

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(5.) Any holding which the tenant holds by reason of his being a hired labourer or hired servant; or

(6.) Any letting in conacre or for the purposes of agistment or for temporary depasturage; or

(7.) Any holding let to the tenant during his continuance in any office, appointment, or employment, or for the temporary convenience or to meet a temporary necessity either of the landlord or tenant: Provided that any such letting made after the passing of this Act shall be by contract in writing, which shall express the purpose for which such letting is made;

(8.) Any cottage allotment not exceeding a half of an acre;

(9.) Any “glebe” as defined by the Glebe Lands Representative Church Body (Ireland) Act, 1875, which now is, or hereafter shall be held or occupied by any “ecclesiastical persons” as by the same Act defined, and no such ecclesiastical person shall in respect of such glebe be entitled to make any claim for compensation under any of the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870, or of this Act.

[S. 59 rep., except as to any existing charge and the repayment of any outstanding advances, 57 & 58 Vict. c. 56 (S.L.R.)]