Residential Tenancies Act 2004
What this Chapter does.
65.—(1) This Chapter states the period of notice to be given by a notice of termination.
(2) Nothing in this Chapter is to be read as requiring the period of notice concerned to be actually mentioned in the notice of termination; compliance with section 62(1)(f) (which relates to the termination date) suffices for the purposes of communicating the length of notice being given.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a greater period of notice than that required by this Chapter may be given if the landlord or tenant (as appropriate) so chooses.
(4) If the duration of the tenancy concerned is less than 6 months, a period of notice of more than F146[90 days] may not be given in respect of it.
F147[(5) In the case of a tenancy of a dwelling referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3 a period of notice of more than 28 days may be given by a tenant in accordance with subsection (2C) of section 66.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F146
Substituted (6.07.2022) by Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (15/2022), s. 95(1), commenced as per s. 99(1), subject to transitional provision in subs. (2).
F147
Inserted (9.07.2021) by Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 13, commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C45
Application of chapter restricted (29.10.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 (34/2022), s. 3, commenced on enactment.
Notice of termination served during winter emergency period
3. (1) Notwithstanding Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 5 of the Act of 2004, a notice of termination, other than a notice of termination referred to in section 2 (2), in respect of a tenancy of less than 6 months duration that is served by a landlord during the winter emergency period shall not specify a termination date that falls earlier than 18 June 2023.
(2) A notice of termination served in contravention of subsection (1) shall be invalid.
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