Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR No. 55/1931 |
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Number 55 of 1931. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, 1931. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary and General. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compensation for Improvements. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART III. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Right to New Tenancy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART IV. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General Provisions in Relation to Relief Under Foregoing Parts of this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Special Provision in Relation to Building Leases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART VI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Covenants in Leases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PART VII. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number 55 of 1931. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, 1931. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE FURTHER IMPROVEMENT AND AMELIORATION OF THE POSITION OF TENANTS IN URBAN AREAS AND CERTAIN OTHER TENANTS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY SUCH TENANTS AND TO DISTURBANCE OF SUCH TENANTS, TO FACILITATE THE GRANTING OF BUILDING LEASES, AND TO MAKE OTHER PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN URBAN AREAS. [22nd December, 1931.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I. Preliminary and general. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short title. |
1.—This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931. |
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Definitions. |
2.—In this Act— |
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the word “tenement” means land or premises complying with all the following conditions, that is to say:— |
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(a) it either— |
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(i) is situate in an urban area and consists either of land covered wholly or partly by buildings or of a defined portion of a building, or |
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(ii) is situate elsewhere than in an urban area and consists of land not exceeding one statute acre in area and having a house thereon, and |
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(b) if it consists of land covered in part only by buildings, the portion of such land not so covered is subsidiary and ancillary to such buildings, and |
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(c) it is held by the occupier thereof under a lease or other contract of tenancy express or implied or arising by virtue of a statute, and |
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(d) such contract of tenancy is not a letting which is made and expressed to be made for the temporary convenience of the lessor or of the lessee and (if made after the passing of this Act) stating the nature of such temporary convenience, and |
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(e) such contract of tenancy is not a letting made for or dependent on the continuance of the tenant in any office, employment, or appointment; |
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the expression “urban area” means an area which is either a county or other borough, an urban district, a town, or a village; |
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the word “tenant” means the person for the time being entitled to the occupation of a tenement and, where the context so admits, includes a person who has ceased to be entitled to such occupation by reason of the termination of his tenancy; |
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the word “landlord” means the person for the time being entitled to receive (otherwise than as agent for another person) the rent paid in respect of a tenement by the tenant thereof and, where the context so admits, includes a person who has ceased to be so entitled by reason of the termination of his tenancy; |
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the expression “superior landlord” means a person entitled in possession to a tenement by a tenure superior, whether mediately or immediately, to the tenure of the landlord of such tenement; |
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the expression “predecessors in title” when used in relation to a tenant means and includes all previous tenants of the tenement of such tenant under the same tenancy as such tenant or any tenancy of which such tenancy is or is deemed to be a continuation or renewal, and the said expression when used in relation to a landlord means and includes all previous landlords of the tenement of such landlord; |
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the word “lease” means an instrument in writing, whether under or not under seal, containing a contract of tenancy in respect of any land in consideration of a rent or return and shall include a fee farm grant; |
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the word “lessee” shall, where the context so admits, be construed as including the executors, administrators, and assigns of the lessee; |
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the word “lessor” shall, where the context so admits, be construed as including the heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the lessor; |
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the word “improvement” when used in relation to a tenement means any addition or alteration to the buildings comprised in such tenement and includes any structure erected on such tenement which is ancillary or subsidiary to the said buildings and also includes the installation in the tenement of conduits for the supply of water, gas, or electricity, but does not include work consisting only of repairing, painting, and decorating, or any of them; |
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the word “business” means any trade, profession, or business carried on for gain or reward; |
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the expression “compensation under this Act” shall be construed as equivalent to the expression “compensation for improvements and compensation for disturbance or either of them”; |
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the expression “relief under this Act” shall be construed as equivalent to the expression “compensation for improvements or a new tenancy under Part III of this Act”; |
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the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Justice under this Act; |
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except in Part V of this Act, the expression “building lease” means a lease made partly in consideration of the lessee having erected or agreed to erect permanent buildings, whether new or additional, on the demised premises. |
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Exclusion of certain lands and premises held by local authorities. |
3.—Where the buildings on any land or premises were or are provided by a local authority under the Housing of the Working-Classes (Ireland) Acts, 1890 to 1921, or the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1883 to 1930, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:— |
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(a) if such land or premises is or are held by such local authority in fee simple, this Act shall not apply in respect of such land or premises; |
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(b) if such land or premises is or are held by such local authority under a lease, such local authority shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the tenant of such land or premises and to be in exclusive occupation thereof. |
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Construction of references to reversions. |
4.—(1) References in this Act to the reversion of a landlord as a period of time shall be construed as referring to the length of time by which the unexpired term for which such landlord holds the relevant tenement exceeds the term for which the tenant holds... |
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