ORDER 40B

LANDLORD AND TENANT PROCEEDINGS (EJECTMENT)

1 Definitions

1. In this Order, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—

the ‘1860 Act’ means the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act Ireland, 1860;

any reference in an enactment to ‘ejectment’ must, for the purposes of this Order, be taken to include a reference to recovery of the possession of premises by a landlord or other person claiming to be entitled to possession of premises;

‘landlord and tenant claim notice’ means a claim notice beginning landlord and tenant proceedings in the District Court in accordance with these Rules, and any reference in an enactment to an ejectment civil summons must, for the purposes of this Order, be taken to include a reference to a landlord and tenant claim notice;

‘landlord and tenant proceedings’ means any civil proceedings which may be brought in the District Court between a landlord and a tenant, and any reference in an enactment to proceedings for ejectment or for the recovery of possession of premises in the District Court must, for the purposes of this Order, be taken to include a reference to landlord and tenant proceedings;