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The Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

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Acts of competent landlords binding on other landlords

2.—(1) Any notice to determine served by the competent landlord under this Order to terminate the relevant tenancy, and any agreement made between that landlord and the tenant as to the granting, duration, or terms of a future tenancy, being an agreement made for the purposes of this Order, shall bind the estate of any mesne landlord notwithstanding that he has not consented to the service of the notice or was not a party to the agreement.

(2) The competent landlord shall have power for the purposes of this Order to give effect to any agreement with the tenant for the grant of a new tenancy beginning with the coming to an end of the relevant tenancy, notwithstanding that the competent landlord will not be the immediate landlord at the commencement of the new tenancy, and any instrument made in the exercise of the power conferred by this sub-paragraph shall have effect as if the mesne landlord had been a party thereto.

(3) Nothing in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) shall prejudice the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4.

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