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Compensation for improvements.
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10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a tenant of a tenement shall be entitled, on quitting such tenement on the expiration (otherwise than by surrender or ejectment for nonpayment of rent) of his tenancy therein, to be paid by the landlord of such tenement compensation (in this Act referred to as compensation for improvements) in accordance with this Act for every improvement made on such tenement by such tenant or any of his predecessors in title (whether before or after the passing of this Act) which, at the termination of such tenancy, adds to the letting value and is suitable to the character of such tenement.
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(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a landlord of a tenement who holds such tenement under a lease or other contract of tenancy shall be entitled, on giving up possession of such tenement on the expiration of his lease or tenancy therein, to be paid by his immediate superior landlord compensation (in this Act included in the expression compensation for improvements) for every improvement which was made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) on such tenement by a tenant thereof and in respect of which such landlord or any of his predecessors in title has given consideration either by reduction of rent, or by payment of compensation under the Town Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1906, or by payment of compensation for improvements under this Act, or in any other way.
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