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Number 43 of 1956.

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RENT RESTRICTIONS (CONTINUANCE AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Continuance of Act of 1946.
2.	Lawful addition for certain repairs by landlord.
3.	Short title, collective citation and construction.

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Acts Referred to
Rent Restrictions Act, 1946	No. 4 of 1946
Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1949	No. 24 of 1949
Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1950	No. 28 of 1950
Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1952	No. 20 of 1952
Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1953	No. 34 of 1953
Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1954	No. 34 of 1954
Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1955	No. 24 of 1955

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Number 43 of 1956.

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RENT RESTRICTIONS (CONTINUANCE AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956.

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AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION THE RENT RESTRICTIONS ACT, 1946, AND TO PROVIDE, DURING ITS CONTINUANCE, FOR LAWFUL ADDITIONS ANALOGOUS TO THOSE UNDER SECTION 11, SUBSECTION (2), PARAGRAPH (g), AND UNDER SECTION 17, SUBSECTION (2), PARAGRAPH (e), OF THAT ACT, AS MODIFIED BY THE RENT RESTRICTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949. [18th December, 1956.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— [GA]

Continuance of Act of 1946.

1.—The Rent Restrictions Act, 1946 (No. 4 of 1946), shall continue in operation until the 31st day of December, 1957.

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Lawful addition for certain repairs by landlord.

2.—(1) Where the landlord, during the period comprising the two years 1956 and 1957, expends an amount in excess of two-thirds of the basic rent of controlled premises on putting the premises into a reasonable state of repair, a sum calculated in accordance with the scale set out in the schedule to the Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1949 (No. 24 of 1949), shall be a lawful addition to the basic rent of the premises.

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(2) Accordingly, the Rent Restrictions Act, 1946 (No. 4 of 1946), as amended by the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1950 (No. 28 of 1950), the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1952 (No. 20 of 1952), the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1953 (No. 34 of 1953), the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1954 (No. 34 of 1954), and the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1955 (No. 24 of 1955), is hereby further amended by the insertion, in paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section 11 and in paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 17, of “or 1956 and 1957” immediately after “1955 and 1956”.

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Short title, collective citation and construction.

3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Rent Restrictions (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1956.

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(2) The Rent Restrictions Acts, 1946 to 1955, and this Act may be cited together as the Rent Restrictions Acts, 1946 to 1956.

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(3) The Rent Restrictions Acts, 1946 to 1955, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.