Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland 1860

Landlord may enter to inspect waste.

38. It shall be lawful for the landlord of any premises holden under lease or other contract of tenancy made on or after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, upon which any waste, misuser, or destruction shall have been committed or suffered, and his agent lawfully authorized, at any reasonable time to enter upon the premises so wasted or misused, and to inspect, and, if necessary, to survey the same for the purpose of ascertaining the nature and extent of any waste or injury done, or the quantity of land burned contrary to the provisions of this Act; and if any person shall hinder or obstruct such landlord or agent in making such entry, inspection, or survey, he shall forfeit to the said landlord a sum not exceeding ten pounds, to be recovered by civil bill action in the same manner and with the like appeal as in ordinary cases of civil bill actions.