Number 7 of 2005

LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) ACT 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 7 of 2005

LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) ACT 2005

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4 OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) (NO. 2) ACT 1978 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[19th May, 2005]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“Act of 1967” means the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967 ;

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

Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1978.

2.—The following section is substituted for section 4 of the Act of 1978:

Saver.

3.—The amendment of section 4 of the Act of 1978 effected by section 2 of this Act shall not apply to—

(a) an application to the Registrar of Titles under Part III of the Act of 1978 made before the passing of this Act,

(b) a notice of intention to acquire a fee simple under section 4 of the Act of 1967 served before the passing of this Act,

(c) an application to a county registrar under section 17 of the Act of 1967, or an arbitration under that Act, relating to a notice to which paragraph (b) of this section applies,

(d) an arbitration under the said Part III relating to an application to which paragraph (a) of this section applies,

(e) an appeal to the Circuit Court from a decision of a county registrar under the Act of 1967 relating to a notice to which paragraph (b) of this section applies, or

(f) an appeal to the Circuit Court from a decision of the Registrar of Titles under the said Part III relating to an application to which paragraph (a) of this section applies.

Short title and collective citation.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 2005 .

(2) The Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 1994 and this Act may be cited together as the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1967 to 2005.