Court holds Article 1 of Law 55/79 inapplicable to pre-existing apartment blocks under horizontal property regime.

The Tribunal da Relação do Porto revoked the lower court's sentence, declaring Article 1 of Law 55/79 inapplicable to specific rental situations. The plaintiff argued the law governed all housing rentals, while the defendant contended that buildings already subject to the horizontal property regime were exempt. The court ruled that the legislative intent excluded pre-existing structures already integrated into the horizontal property system from the new rental protections.