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The Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

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6.—(1) Where—

(a)any person is in possession of land by virtue of a lease in writing by which a yearly conventional rent of not less than ten pounds is reserved; and

(b)the rent is received by some person (in this paragraph referred to as “the wrongful recipient”) wrongfully claiming to be entitled to the land in reversion immediately expectant on the determination of the lease; and

(c)no rent is subsequently received by the person rightfully so entitled,

the right of action of the last-named person to recover the land is to be treated as having accrued at the date when the rent was first received by the wrongful recipient and not at the date of the determination of the lease.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a lease granted by the Crown or a lease the lessor’s interest under which is vested in the Crown.

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