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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 48

Determination of tenancies of derelict land.

48.(1) Where in relation to a tenancy continued by virtue of Part I or granted
under that Part the immediate landlord on an application to the Lands Tribunal
satisfies the Lands Tribunal

(a)that he has taken all reasonable steps to communicate with the person last
known to him to be the tenant and has failed to do so;

(b)that during the period of six months ending with the date of the
application neither the tenant nor any person claiming under him has been in
occupation of the property comprised in the tenancy or any part thereof; and

(c)that during the said period either no rent was payable by the tenant or the
rent payable has not been paid;

(2) Nothing in this section shall prejudice or affect the right of a landlord
to bring an action for the recovery of any land under [Article 12(3) of the
County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980].

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