Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1908

EVICTED TENANTS (IRELAND) ACT 1908

CHAPTER XXII.

An Act to amend section one of the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907, with respect to the compulsory acquisition of tenanted land. [1st August 1908.]

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Amendment of 7 Edw. 7. c. 56. s. 1. as to tenanted land.

1. The proviso at the end of subsection (3) of section one of the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907, shall not apply in any case where the tenant consents in writing to the compulsory acquisition of the land by the Estates Commissioners: Provided that the tenant shall sign such consent in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time, who shall attach their names thereto, and, when so signed and witnessed, that the said consent shall be filed as a record in the office of the Land Commission.

Construction. 7 Edw. 7. c. 56.

2. This Act shall be construed as one with the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907, and the said Act of 1907 shall be construed and take effect from the date of its passing as if this Act had then formed part thereof.

Citation.

3. This Act may be cited as the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1908, and may be cited with the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1907, as the Evicted Tenants (Ireland) Acts, 1907 and 1908.