Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1926

Amendments in respect of application of the Principal Act.

4.—The Principal Act shall as from the 24th day of June, 1926, be construed and have effect as if sub-section (1) of section 3 thereof were amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the first paragraph of the said sub-section, which paragraph begins with the words “This Act shall” and ends with the words “a dwelling house to which this Act applies” and the insertion of the following paragraph in lieu of the paragraph so deleted, that is to say:—

“(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, this Act shall, in respect of any particular house or part of a house let as a separate dwelling—

(a) apply to such house or part of a house until and only until the 24th day of June, 1927, if either the amount of the standard rent or the rateable value of such house or part of a house does not exceed—

(i) in the county borough of Dublin and the urban districts in the Dublin Metropolitan Area £40, and

(ii) elsewhere £30, or

(b) apply to such house or part of a house until and only until the 24th day of June, 1928, if either the amount of the standard rent or the rateable value of such house or part of a house does not exceed—

(i) in the county borough of Dublin and the urban districts in the Dublin Metropolitan Area £30, and

(ii) elsewhere £25, or

(c) apply to such house or part of a house until and only until the 24th day of June, 1929, if either the amount of the standard rent or the rateable value of such house or part of a house does not exceed—

(i) in the county borough of Dublin and the urban districts in the Dublin Metropolitan Area £25, and

(ii) elsewhere £20;

and every such house or part of a house shall until the date hereinbefore mentioned in respect thereof be deemed a dwelling house to which this Act applies.”