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The Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act, Ireland, 1860[1] (23 & 24 Vict. c. 154) or the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860, better known as Deasy's Act, was an Act of Parliament preceding the agrarian unrest in Ireland in the 1880s, the "Land War".
| Act of Parliament | |
 | |
| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the Law of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 23 & 24 Vict. c. 154 |
| Territorial extent | Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 August 1860 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1861 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Act was named after its promoter Rickard Deasy, the Attorney-General for Ireland in the Liberal Party government of Lord Palmerston.[2]
Deasy's Act amended the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1826. The 1860 Act was itself amended by the Irish Land Acts.
The Act made contract law the basis for tenancies and abolished any feudal rents paid by services to a landlord, or by payments in kind.
Section 4 remains the most important part of Deasy's act still in force. It provides that all leases of over twelve months must be evidenced in writing in order to be enforced.
The Law Reform Commission in 2003 stated the act "continues as the foundation of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland".[3] In 2011 the Minister for Justice published a draft scheme of a bill to modernise landlord and tenant law,[4] however the bill was never introduced to the Oireachtas.[5]
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