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Section 117 Action of ejectment in Northern Ireland.C1

Unless other provision is made in that behalf by any enactment, an action of ejectment in Northern Ireland for non-payment of rent shall not be defeated on the ground that the person liable to pay the rent is entitled under the Income Tax Acts to a deduction which would reduce the amount due by him below a year’s rent.

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C1

See theNorthern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c.36), s.40andSch.5 para.1—includes, from appointed day, a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Notes on Part XI

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C1

Pt. XI modified (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 18 para. 39(2)(a) (with Sch. 18 para. 59(2)); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

C2

Pt. XI: power to apply conferred (with effect in accordance with s. 114(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Sch. 17 para. 17(b)