Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1967

Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act.

5.—Section 9 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) (a) The basic rent of a controlled dwelling to which this section applies shall be determined by the Court.

(b) The said rent shall be a rent of such amount as the Court considers reasonable having regard as far as possible to the rents of dwellings whichare comparable in regard to location, accommodation, amenities, state of repair and rateable valuation.

(c) In the foregoing paragraph ‘rents’, in relation to controlled dwellings, refers to basic rents.”