Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006
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Amendment of section 16 of Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978. |
76.— (1) Section 16 (restrictions on right to acquire fee simple) of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (2)(e), by the deletion of “Act.” and the insertion of “Act, or”, | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after subsection (2)(e): | ||
“(f) subject to subsection (3), a sublease of land granted by a lessee who is not a person to whom this Part applies— | ||
(i) on or after 27 February 2006, or | ||
(ii) before that date, unless before that date— | ||
(I) a notice of intention to acquire the fee simple in the land was served by the sublessee in accordance with section 4 of the Act of 1967, or | ||
(II) an application was made by the sublessee to the Registrar of Titles under Part III of this Act.”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by the addition of the following subsections: | ||
“(3) Subsection (2)(f) does not apply where— | ||
(a) at the date on which the sublease is granted, the sole reason why the lessee is not a person to whom this Part applies is that a covenant by the lessee to erect permanent buildings on the land has not been substantially complied with, and | ||
(b) after that date, the covenant is substantially complied with by the sublessee. | ||
(4) In this section, “sublessee” includes the personal representatives and successors in title of a sublessee.”. |