Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978
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Covenant for re-entry for non-payment of ground rent for dwellinghouse. [New] |
27.—(1) Where a person is entitled to acquire the fee simple in a dwellinghouse by virtue of Part II a convenant giving the lessor a right to re-enter and take possession of the premises where rent is in arrear shall not be enforceable against him but this shall not affect any other civil remedy of the lessor. | |
(2) Section 52 of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860 (which provides for proceedings for ejectment for non-payment of a year's rent) shall not apply to a dwellinghouse to which subsection (1) relates. |