There are three amendments tabled to this Bill, but Nos. 2 and 3 are out of order, because they are outside the scope of the Bill. The only amendment that will arise, therefore, is amendment No. 1.
Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Bill, 1942—Committee and Subsequent Stages.
Leas-Chathaoirleach
Section 1 agreed to.
I move amendment No. 1:—
In sub-section (2), paragraph (d), page 3, in line 21 and also in line 32, to delete the word "built-on" and substitute in each case the word "partly-built".
This is really a drafting amendment. Our object in paragraph (d) of sub-section (2) of Section 2 of the Bill is to ensure that the sublessee will enjoy, throughout the entire term of his sublease, the protection which Part V of the 1931 Act affords to proprietary lessees. It has been suggested that the inclusion in paragraph (d) of the references to the "built-on lease" may leave it open to argument as to whether the sublessee will be so protected because, under paragraph (a) of sub-section (2), the built-on lease does not come into existence until just seven years before the partly-built lease is due to expire. In other words, throughout far the greater portion of the term of the sublease, there will be no such thing as the "built-on lease". I am inclined to agree that, under paragraph (d) as it stands, the matter is not entirely free from doubt. I think that any possible doubts will be removed by the substitution of the expression "partly-built lease" for "built-on lease" as is proposed in the amendment.
Amendment put and agreed to.
Question—"That the section, as amended, stand part of the Bill"— put and agreed to.
Sections 3 and 4 and the Title agreed to.
Could I have all stages now?
Agreed.
Question—"That the Bill be received for final consideration and do now pass"—put and agreed to.