Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1980

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Number 10 of 1980


LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary

Section

1.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2.

Commencement.

3.

Interpretation.

4.

Restriction on application to State.

5.

“Tenement”.

6.

Premises provided by local authorities.

7.

Statutory tenancies under the Rent Restrictions Act, 1960.

8.

Jurisdiction of Circuit Court.

9.

Regulations.

10.

Expenses.

11.

Repeals and consequential provisions.

12.

Rules of court.

PART II

Right to New Tenancy

13.

Application of Part II.

14.

Application of Part II to business premises decontrolled by Rent Restrictions Act, 1960.

15.

Application of Part II to dwellings decontrolled by Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1967.

16.

Right of tenant to new tenancy.

17.

Restrictions on right to new tenancy.

18.

Provisions relating to award of new tenancy.

19.

Provisions where tenant not entitled to new tenancy.

20.

Notice of intention to claim relief.

21.

Application for relief.

22.

Offer by landlord of new tenancy in lieu of compensation.

23.

Fixing of terms of new tenancy by Court.

24.

Review of rent.

25.

Modification of sections 23 and 24 in case of dwellings to which section 15 relates.

26.

Termination of tenancy after order for new tenancy.

27.

Continuation of existing tenancies.

28.

Right of tenant to continue in occupation pending decision.

29.

Tenancy terminated before commencement of this Act.

PART III

Reversionary Leases

30.

Reversionary lease.

31.

Application to obtain reversionary lease.

32.

Persons bound to grant reversionary leases.

33.

Restrictions on right to reversionary lease.

34.

Terms of reversionary lease settled by Court.

35.

Determination of rent.

36.

Gross rent.

37.

Applications to the Court.

38.

Expenditure on repairs.

39.

Reversionary lease a graft on former lease.

40.

Right of lessee to continue in possession.

41.

Evidence of agreement to build.

42.

Buildings replaced under covenant.

43.

Buildings erected in breach of covenant.

44.

Application of Act of 1967.

PART IV

Compensation

Compensation for Improvements

45.

“Improvement”.

46.

Compensation for improvements.

47.

Measure of compensation for improvements.

48.

Improvement notice.

49.

Works required by public authority.

50.

Execution of improvement in absence of objection.

51.

Rights of parties on service of improvement undertaking.

52.

Rights of parties on service of improvement objection.

53.

Restriction on increase of rent of controlled dwellings.

54.

Restrictions on right to compensation for improvements.

55.

Improvement certificate.

56.

Claim for improvements.

57.

Compensation for improvements a first charge.

Compensation for Disturbance

58.

Compensation where tenant not entitled to new tenancy.

59.

Compensation where lessee not entitled to new lease.

60.

Compensation on termination of tenancy in obsolete buildings.

Consequential Provisions

61.

Set-off compensation against rent, etc. .

62.

Payment of compensation where interest is mortgaged.

63.

Protection of trustees, etc. .

PART V

Covenants in Leases of Tenements

64.

“Lease”.

65.

Damages for breach of covenants to repair.

66.

Covenants against alienation.

67.

Covenants restrictive of user.

68.

Covenants against making improvements.

69.

Consent of lessor who cannot be found.

PART VI

Miscellaneous

70.

Application of Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978, to certain public authorities.

71.

Amendment of section 10, condition 5 of Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978.

72.

Extension of sections 10 and 12 of Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978, to certain subleases for less than 50 years.

73.

Preservation of pre-existing rights.

74.

Conversion of leases for lives into fee simple.

75.

Sale of houses for which letting grants were paid to public utility societies.

76.

Necessary party to deed, etc., under disability or failing to act.

77.

Survival of rights on death.

78.

Lease terminating by ejectment or re-entry.

79.

Application of Settled Land Acts.

80.

Mortgages.

81.

Valuation by Commissioner of Valuation.

82.

Evidence and apportionment of rateable valuation.

83.

Extension of times limited by this Act.

84.

Notices requiring information.

85.

Void contracts.

86.

Rights of entry and inspection.

87.

Set-off against rent for cost of repairs.

88.

Service of notices.

SCHEDULE

Repeal of Enactments

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Number 10 of 1980


LANDLORD AND TENANT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980


AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE RENEWAL OF LEASES AND TENANCIES AND TO COMPENSATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR DISTURBANCE OR LOSS OF TITLE AND FOR THESE AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [9th June, 1980]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: