Rent Restrictions Act, 1960
PART III. Special Provisions for Relief of Tenants of Small Controlled Dwellings. | ||
Interpretation of Part III. |
19.—(1) In this Part— | |
“appointed area” means any area being— | ||
(a) the area consisting of— | ||
(i) the county borough of Dublin, | ||
(ii) the borough of Dún Laoghaire, and | ||
(iii) the parts of the Dublin Metropolitan District outside the area consisting of the county borough of Dublin and the borough of Dún Laoghaire, | ||
(b) the county borough of Cork, | ||
(c) the county borough of Limerick, | ||
(d) the county borough of Waterford, or | ||
(e) any area prescribed by regulations for the time being in force as an appointed area for the purposes of this Part; | ||
“court area” means— | ||
(a) in a case in which the relevant dwelling is situate in the Dublin Metropolitan District—that District, and | ||
(b) in any other case—the district court area in which the relevant dwelling is situate; | ||
“existing rent” means the rent payable by a tenant for a small controlled dwelling immediately prior to his making an application for a provisional order in respect of the dwelling; | ||
“provisional order” means an order under section 21 of this Act; | ||
“small controlled dwelling” means a controlled dwelling situate in an appointed area, being a dwelling to which Chapter 1 of Part II of the Act of 1946 applied and being— | ||
(a) in case that area is prescribed by regulations, a dwelling the rateable valuation whereof does not exceed such amount (not being more than ten pounds) as may be prescribed, or | ||
(b) in any other case, a dwelling the rateable valuation whereof does not exceed ten pounds. | ||
(2) Any reference in this Part to the District Court Clerk shall, where there are two or more District Court Clerks for the court area concerned, be construed as a reference to any of those Clerks. | ||
(3) Where it is provided in this Part that a District Justice is to cause a document to be served, it may be served in the same manner as a summons under the rules of the District Court for the time being in force. |