Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1954

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Apportionment of rent by District Justice.

2.—(1) If, in the case of an application referred to a District Justice under section 28 of the Act of 1946, it appears to the Justice that the rent of the dwelling includes payments for any of the matters referred to in paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section 3 of that Act, the Justice may by the provisional order provisionally apportion the rent for the purposes of that Act.

(2) Accordingly, references to “the Court” in paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Act of 1946 shall include references to the District Justice dealing with an application under section 28 of that Act.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be deemed to have come into operation on, and shall have effect as on and from, the commencement of Part III of the Act of 1946.

(4) This section shall not operate to validate any provisional order which has been quashed by order of certiorari made absolute before the passing of this Act.