Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870

Part V.

Miscellaneous.

Mode of payment of grand jury cess in certain cases.

65. Any person who, under any tenancy whatsoever created after the passing of this Act, becomes the occupier of any premises liable to grand jury cess, and who is liable to pay a rent in respect of the same, may deduct from such rent, for each pound of the rent which he is liable to pay, one half of the sum which he has paid as grand jury cess in respect of each pound of the net annual value of such premises as valued under the Acts relating to the valuation of rateable property in Ireland, and so in proportion for any less sum than a pound: Provided always, that it shall not be lawful for any such person to deduct from the rent payable by him for such premises a larger sum than one half of the amount of the cess that has been paid by him in respect of the same.

Any person receiving rent in respect of any premises liable to grand jury cess, who also pays a rent in respect of the same, shall, if such rent is received and paid under contracts entered into after the passing of this Act, be entitled to deduct from the rent so paid by him a sum bearing such a proportion to the amount of the cess deducted from the rent received by him as the rent paid by him bears to the rent received by him.