Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 88, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:

"(3) Where a tenant ceases to have an interest in a commercial property which is the subject of a relevant commercial lease, the tenant (or such other person as the tenant has authorised in writing to act on his or her behalf for the purposes of this subsection in so far as it relates to the cesser) shall, within the relevant period immediately following the day on which the cesser takes effect, give the Authority a notice in the specified form setting out particulars of the cesser (including the day on which it takes effect).".

The key amendment is amendment No. 11. It is intended to provide a mechanism to ensure the authority will be informed when a tenant ceases to have an interest in a property which is the subject of a commercial lease. This will be especially relevant where the tenant assigns the property to another tenant during the currency of such a lease. The amendment is directly related to section 88(2) which requires the tenant to give the authority certain information when a rent has been reviewed. In the context of enforcement, it is clearly very important that the authority have up-to-date information on the identity of the tenant. The amendment will facilitate the authority in its enforcement function. Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 are consequential changes.

Amendment agreed to.

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