Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act, 1980

Restriction on application to State.

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4.—(1) In this section “the relevant date” means the date on which a State authority acquires the interest of the lessor or immediate lessor of any premises.

(2) Subject to the following subsections, this Act shall not bind a State authority in its capacity as lessor or immediate lessor of any premises.

(3) Where a State authority acquires the interest of the lessor or immediate lessor of any premises after the commencement of this Act, section 13 shall apply as if the expressions “at any time” and “at that time” in subsection (1) thereof were references to the relevant date and Part II shall apply accordingly.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, in a case to which subsection (3) applies, the tenant shall be entitled to a new tenancy in the tenement beginning on the termination of the tenancy under which he holds at the relevant date but he shall not be entitled to a further renewal of his tenancy.

(5) In a case to which subsection (3) applies, subsection (2) shall not apply so as to disqualify any person for payment of compensation for improvements in respect of such improvements as may have been carried out before the relevant date.