Leasehold (Enlargement and Extension) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971

24 F1 Determination of disputes by Lands Tribunal. N.I.

(1) If any dispute, question or difficulty arises in regard to the acquisition of the fee simple or any other estate in land under this Act, the purchase price thereof, the apportionment of a rent under or for the purposes of this Act or the grant of an extension of a lease under this Act, costs or expenses incurred under this Act, compliance by a person with a provision of this Act or any other matter arising under this Act, any person concerned may apply to the Lands Tribunal to have the matter determined.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Lands Tribunal may—

(a) determine the person, if any, entitled to acquire the fee simple in land under this Act;

(b) determine the purchase price to be paid in respect of the acquisition;

(c) determine the person or persons entitled to receive the purchase money in respect of the acquisition and the amount which each person is entitled to receive;

(d) determine if a person is entitled to have a rent apportioned under section 8;

(e) apportion (whether under the said section 8 or otherwise for the purposes of this Act) any rent payable in respect of land part of which is land the fee simple in which is being acquired under this Act;

(f) determine the rent payable under an extended lease granted for the purposes of this Act;

(g) determine any other matter which the Lands Tribunal is required to determine under any provision of this Act.

F1 functions transf. 1982 NI 6