HL Deb 10 August 1896 vol 44 cc346-7

(1.) Part One of this Act shall, save as is by this Art expressly provided, apply to every proceeding pending at the commencement of this Act.

(2.) The provisions of this Act with respect to a vesting order shrill not apply to proceedings in respect of an advance sanctioned before the commencement of this Act, or of any agreement for the purchase of a term of years made before the commencement of this Act, and the enactments relative to such proceedings shall continue to apply, notwithstanding their repeal by this Act.

(3.) An application to fix a fair rent for a holding shall not be refused on the ground of any previous decision with reference to the holding or any part thereof, whether between the same parties or otherwise, if such application can be sustained under this Act or any of the Land Law Acts as amended by this Act, and where such application can be so sustained, the holding shall be deemed to be and to have remained a present tenancy as from the passing of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881.

(4.) Parts One and Two of this Act shall be construed as one with the Land Law Acts, and together with those Acts may be cited as the Land Law Acts, and shall apply to all holdings to which the Land Law Acts, or any of them, as amended by this Act apply, and Section twenty-two of the Land Law [Ireland] Act, 1881, shall apply as if the said Acts and Parts of this Act were part of the foregoing provisions of the said Act of 1881, within the meaning of the said section.

(5.) Parts Two, Three, and Five of this Act shall be construed as one with the Land Pur- chase Acts as herein defined, and, together with these Acts, may be cited as the Land Purchase Acts.

(6.) Part Four of this Act shall he construed as one with the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts, as defined in the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Act, 1894, and together with those Acts may he cited collectively as the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) Acts.

*THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE

moved to leave out Sub-section (2).

Amendment agreed to.

*THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE

moved to omit from Sub-section (3) the words— such application can he so sustained, the holding shall he deemed to he and to have remained a present tenancy as from the passing of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, and to insert instead thereof a tenant would, if this Act had been in force at the passing of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, he now a present tenant, and either the landlord has not, since the mid decision, resumed possession of the holding, or if he resumed the tenant has redeemed, the tenant shall be deemed a present tenant for the purpose of any such application.

Amendment agreed to.

*THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE

moved after Sub-section (5), to insert the following new sub-section. (6.) "The provisions of Part III. of this Act with respect to superior interests and a vesting order shall not, without the consent of the vendor and purchaser, apply to proceedings in respect of any agreement made before the commencement of this Act.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 51,—