Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015

31.

Amendment of section 66 of Principal Act

31. (1) Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting the following Table for Table 1:

“TABLE 1

Termination by Landlord

Duration of Tenancy

Notice Period

(1)

(2)

Less than 6 months

28 days

6 or more months but less than 1 year

35 days

1 year or more but less than 2 years

42 days

2 years or more but less than 3 years

56 days

3 years or more but less than 4 years

84 days

4 or more but less than 5 years

112 days

5 or more but less than 6 years

140 days

6 or more but less than 7 years

168 days

7 or more but less than 8 years

196 days

8 or more years

224 days

”,

and

(b) by substituting the following Table for Table 2:

“TABLE 2

Termination by Tenant

Duration of Tenancy

Notice Period

(1)

(2)

Less than 6 months

28 days

6 or more months but less than 1 year

35 days

1 year or more but less than 2 years

42 days

2 or more but less than 4 years

56 days

4 years or more but less than 8 years

84 days

8 or more years

112 days

”.

(2) Where, immediately before the coming into operation of subsection (1), a period of notice was specified in a notice of termination in respect of a tenancy to which section 66 of the Principal Act applies but that period had not expired, notwithstanding the amendments to section 66 of the Principal Act made by subsection (1), the periods of notice specified in the Tables to that section before those amendments were made shall continue to apply in respect of the notice of termination concerned as if those amendments had not been made.