(1)In this Act—
“compensation under this Act” means compensation under section 19 and compensation under Part II or either of them;
“enactment” means any provision of an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom whether public general, local or private, and of any instrument made under any such Act;
“Lands Tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland;
“Lands Tribunal Rules” means rules made under section 9 of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 [1964 c.29] ;
“mortgage” includes a charge or lien;
“predecessor in title” in relation to a landlord or a tenant means any person through whom the landlord or the tenant, as the case may be, has derived title.
(2)References in this Act to an agreement between the landlord and the tenant (except in subsections (1) and (2) of section 20 and in section 42) shall be construed as references to an agreement in writing between them.