Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

PART 4

Landlord and Tenant

Amendment of section 17 of Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980.

47.— Section 17(1)(a) (as amended by section 4 of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994 ) of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 is amended by substituting the following for subparagraph (iiia):

“(iiia) if section 13(1)(a) (as amended by section 3 of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994 ) applies to the tenement, the tenant has renounced in writing, whether for or without valuable consideration, his or her entitlement to a new tenancy in the tenement and has received independent legal advice in relation to the renunciation, or”.