Number 15 of 1984

LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1984

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 15 of 1984

LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1984

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“Act (No. 2) of 1978” means the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978;

“the Act of 1983” means the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Act, 1983.

Duration of Part III of Act (No. 2) of 1978.

2.—Section 18 of Act (No. 2) of 1978, as amended by section 1 of the Act of 1983, is hereby amended by the substitution of “nine years” for “six years”.

Amendment of section 23 of Act (No. 2) of 1978.

3.—(1) In relation to any application under Part III of Act (No. 2) of 1978 made on or after the 1st day of August, 1984, section 23 (1) of that Act, as amended by section 2 of the Act of 1983, shall have effect as if there were substituted “£26” for “£15” in paragraph (a) and “£63” for “£36” in paragraph (b).

(2) On and after the 1st day of August, 1984—

(a) in section 23 (2) of Act (No. 2) of 1978, the words “other than the fees mentioned in subsection (1)”, and

(b) in section 23 (3) of that Act, the words “With the exception of fees fixed in respect of the cases mentioned in subsection (1)”

shall cease to have effect.

Amendment of section 26 of Act (No. 2) of 1978.

4.—(1) In the case of an application made on or after the 1st day of August, 1984, for a transfer order pursuant to section 26 of Act (No. 2) of 1978, the fee to be taken by a housing authority for the issue of the order shall, subject to subsection (2), be £20 and section 26 (8) of that Act shall cease to have effect in any such case.

(2) The Minister for the Environment may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by order fix the fee to be taken from time to time for the issue of a transfer order pursuant to section 26 of Act (No. 2) of 1978.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Act, 1984.

(2) The collective citation, the Landlord and Tenant Acts, 1967 to 1984, shall include this Act and those Acts and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.

Uimhir 15 de 1984

AN tACHT UM THIARNAÍ TALÚN AGUS TIONÓNTAÍ (BUNCHÍOSANNA) (LEASÚ), 1984

RIAR NA nALT

Uimhir 15 de 1984

AN tACHT UM THIARNAÍ TALÚN AGUS TIONÓNTAÍ (BUNCHÍOSANNA) (LEASÚ), 1984

[An tiontú oifigiúil]

[10 Iúil, 1984]

Mínithe.

1.—San Acht seo—

ciallaíonn “Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978” an tAcht um Thiarnaí Talún agus Tionóntaí (Bunchíosanna) (Uimh. 2), 1978;

ciallaíonn “Acht 1983” an tAcht um Thiarnaí Talún agus Tionóntaí (Bunchíosanna) (Leasú), 1983.

Ré Chuid III d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978.

2.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 18 d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978, arna leasú le halt 1 d'Acht 1983, trí “naoi mbliana” a chur in ionad “sé bliana”.

Leasú ar alt 23 d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978.

3.—(1) I ndáil le haon iarratas faoi Chuid III d'Acht (Uimh.2) 1978 a dhéanfar an 1ú lá de Lúnasa, 1984, nó dá éis, beidh éifeacht le halt 23 (1) den Acht sin, arna leasú le halt 2 d'Acht 1983, ionann is dá gcuirfí “£26” in ionad “£15” i mír (a) agus “£63” in ionad “£36” i mír (b).

(2) Scoirfidh na nithe seo a leanas d'éifeacht a bheith leo an lú lá de Lúnasa, 1984, agus dá éis—

(a) in alt 23 (2) d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978, na focail “seachas na táillí a luaitear i bhfo-alt (1)”, agus

(b) in alt 23 (3) den Acht sin, na focail “Cé is moite de na táillí atá socraithe i leith na gcásanna a luaitear i bhfo-alt (1)”.

Leasú ar alt 26 d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978.

4.—(1) I gcás iarratas a dhéanfar an 1ú lá de Lúnasa, 1984, nó dá éis, ar ordú aistriúcháin de bhun alt 26 d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978, £20 an táille a thógfaidh údarás tithíochta as an ordú a eisiúint, ach sin faoi réir fho-alt (2), agus scoirfidh alt 26 (8) d'éifeacht a bheith leis in aon chás den sórt sin.

(2) Féadfaidh an tAire Comhshaoil, le toiliú an Aire Airgeadais, an táille a thógfar ó am go ham as ordú aistriúcháin a eisiúint de bhun alt 26 d'Acht (Uimh. 2) 1978 a shocrú le hordú.

Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú.

5.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Thiarnaí Talún agus Tionóntaí (Bunchíosanna) (Leasú), 1984, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Folóidh an comhlua na hAchtanna um Thiarnaí Talún agus Tionóntaí, 1967 go 1984, an tAcht seo agus forléireofar na hAchtanna sin agus an tAcht seo le chéile mar aon Acht amháin.