Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967

• Original version: <a href='/vid/landlord-and-tenant-ground-907695903'>Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967</a>

1. General

The Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967, came into operation on 1st March 1967, by Order of the Minister for Justice under the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967, (Commencement) Order 1967, (S.I.No.42 of 1967).

Regulations have also been made under the Act – see the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967, (Forms) Regulations 1967, (S.I.No.43 of 1967).

2. Rights of certain Lessees and Tenants to purchase the Fee Simple

Section 3 of the Act provides that the categories of lessees and tenants set out therein shall have the right to purchase the fee simple interest in the land and any intermediate interests therein. A person who proposes to exercise his right under the Act to purchase the fee simple must serve the notice prescribed by section 4 i.e. GR Form No 1 in the Regulations supra. It is important to note that unless such a notice is served, no purchase by a lessee or tenant of the fee simple interest in the lands is to be regarded as a purchase of the fee simple under the Act. Accordingly, the provisions of the Act in so far as they relate to the purchase of the fee simple interest, e.g. Sections 8 or 31 would not appear to...