Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983

Amendment of sections 12 and 13 of Act of 1982 and declaratory provision.

9.—(1) Section 12 (1) of the Act of 1982 is hereby amended by the insertion after “order of the Court” of “or unless new terms of the tenancy are fixed under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983”.

(2) Section 13 of the Act of 1982 shall have effect where the terms of a tenancy are fixed by the Tribunal or a rent officer under this Act in the same manner as it has effect where such terms are fixed by the Court under section 12 of that Act and, accordingly, the references in the said section 13 to the opinion of the Court shall be construed as including, as the case may require, references to the opinion of the Tribunal or the opinion of the rent officer.

(3) The reference in section 13 (2) of the Act of 1982 to the means of the tenant shall be taken to refer, and always to have referred, to the actual means of the tenant.