Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1984
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Temporary extension of right to acquire fee simple. |
13.—(1) Where an application under section 31 of the Act of 1980 was made after the 13th day of November, 1980, and before the commencement of this Act and at that commencement the application has not been determined, the following provisions shall apply during the period of twelve months following that commencement: | |
(a) the applicant may by notice served on his immediate lessor withdraw that application and shall in that event be liable for the reasonable costs and expenses actually and necessarily incurred on foot of that application by the immediate lessor and any superior lessors; | ||
(b) where a notice under paragraph (a) is served the applicant shall, notwithstanding that his interest in the land has expired, have the same right to acquire the fee simple as he would have had if that interest had not expired. | ||
(2) Section 12 shall apply in relation to any case in which a notice is served under section 4 of the Act of 1967 or an application is made under section 20 or 21 of Act (No. 2) of 1978 by virtue of subsection (1) (b). | ||
(3) Where— | ||
(a) after the 13th day of November, 1980, and before the commencement of this Act, a person was entitled to acquire the fee simple of land by virtue of Part II of Act (No. 2) of 1978, and | ||
(b) at that commencement, he is no longer so entitled but is in possession of the land without having obtained a new tenancy and without having acquired the interest in the land of the immediate lessor, | ||
that person shall during the twelve months after that commencement have the same right to acquire the fee simple as he would have had if his interest had not expired, and section 12 shall apply accordingly. | ||
New Tenancies |