Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967
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Provisions in relation to parties to apportionment of rent. |
14.—(1) Where a person who is required by this Act to join in the apportionment of a rent is, by reason of having a fiduciary capacity or a limited estate or by reason of restrictive covenantsin the lease under which he holds, incapable in law of joining in the apportionment, the county registrar for the area in which the land as respects which the rent is payable is situate may, on the application of any person concerned, empower the person so required to join in the apportionment. | |
(2) Where a person who is required by this Act to join in the apportionment of a rent is an infant or a person of unsound mind, or cannot be found or refuses or fails to execute any relevant document, the county registrar for the area in which the land as respects which the rent is payable is situate may, on the application of any person concerned, appoint an officer of the Court to execute such document for and in the name of the person so required and thereupon the execution of such document by such officer for and in the name of such person shall for all purposes be as effectual as the execution thereof by such person. | ||
(3) Where any person who is required by this Act to join in the apportionment of a rent is unknown or unascertained, the county registrar for the area in which the land as respects which the rent is payable is situate may, on the application of the person seeking the apportionment, appoint any person who is receiving the rent in respect of the interest in the land of the person making the application, or such other person as the county registrar may think fit to appoint, to represent such unknown or unascertained person in all proceedings in connection with the apportionment, and may, at the same time or subsequently, appoint an officer of the Court to execute any relevant document for and on behalf of the person so required and unknown or unascertained, and thereupon the execution of such document by such officer for and on behalf of such person shall for all purposes be as effectual as the execution thereof by such unknown or unascertained person. | ||
(4) Where a person upon whom a notice under section 12 of this Act in relation to rent is required to be served cannot be found or ascertained, the person shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to be a person who is required by this Act to join in the apportionment of the rent. |