Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967

Assistance of Commissioner of Valuation in relation to arbitrations.

20.—(1) A county registrar conducting an arbitration under this Act may and, if so requested by any party concerned, shall cause to be sent to the Commissioner of Valuation a request for a valuation, estimate or statement in respect of any particular matter relevant to the determination of the purchase price of the fee simple in land being acquired under this Act or to the apportionment of a rent under this Act and may for the purpose adjourn the arbitration.

(2) Upon receipt of a request under this section, the Commissioner of Valuation shall cause such valuation, estimate orstatement as is mentioned in the request to be prepared and sent to the county registrar concerned together with a statement of the fee, calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Minister for Finance, payable therefor.

(3) Any party concerned shall be entitled to obtain from the county registrar concerned a copy of a valuation, estimate or statement furnished by the Commissioner of Valuation to him in pursuance of this section, subject to payment therefor at the rate for the time being chargeable by law for copies of documents obtained from a Circuit Court Office.

(4) The fee payable under this section for a valuation, estimate or statement sent by the Commissioner of Valuation to a county registrar in pursuance of this section shall be borne and paid to the county registrar by such party or parties and in such proportion as he shall direct and shall be paid by the county registrar into, or disposed of by him for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.

(5) Where a request is sent under this section in relation to land to the Commissioner of Valuation at the request of a party, the county registrar concerned shall, in determining the purchase price of the fee simple in the land or in apportioning a rent payable in respect thereof, as the case may be, have regard to the valuation, estimate or statement furnished by the said Commissioner.