Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015
Number 42 of 2015
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 31 May 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, and all statutory instruments up to and including Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 230 of 2019), made 30 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 42 of 2015
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 31 May 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (27/2004)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2009 (2/2009)
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (22/2009), s. 100
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (42/2015), other than s. 1(3) and ss. 15, 85 and 87
• Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 1(2)(b), part 3 and sch.
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019), other than s. 38
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (14/2019)
All Acts up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), enacted 28 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 37 of 2018)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Section 17(c)) (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 159 of 2017)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 216 of 2016)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 151 of 2016)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 119 of 2016)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of sections 30 and 42 and Part 4) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 4 of 2016)
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 631 of 2015)
All statutory instruments up to and including Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 236 of 2019), made 30 May 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 42 of 2015
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 31 May 2019
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
Application of Principal Act to certain dwellings let by approved housing bodies to certain tenants
3. Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
5. Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act
6. Setting of rent under tenancy for dwellings referred to in section 3(4)
7. Rent review for dwellings referred to in section 3(4) of Principal Act
8. Notification of change in amount of rent following review under section 20A
9. Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act
10. Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act
11. Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act
12. Amendment of section 78 of Principal Act for purpose of Part 2
14. Change of name of register
15. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2009
16. Amendment of section 134 of Principal Act
17. Amendment of section 137 of Principal Act
18. Fee to accompany application under section 134(2A)
19. Amendment of section 138 of Principal Act
20. Amendment of section 144 of Principal Act
21. Amendment of section 176 of Principal Act
Amendments of Principal Act
22. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act
23. Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act
24. Amendment of section 16 of Principal Act
25. Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act
26. Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act
27. Additional requirements relating to termination by landlord
28. Amendment of section 34 of Principal Act
29. Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act
30. Slip or omission in notice of termination
31. Amendment of section 66 of Principal Act
32. Amendment of section 67 of Principal Act
33. Amendment of section 70 of Principal Act
34. Amendment of section 75 of Principal Act
35. Right of referral of complaint in respect of compliance with section 86(1)(a)
36. Amendment of section 77 of Principal Act
37. Amendment of section 78 of Principal Act
38. Amendment of section 79 of Principal Act
39. Amendment of section 82 of Principal Act
40. Amendment of section 84 of Principal Act
41. Amendment of section 86 of Principal Act
42. Amendment of section 93 of Principal Act
43. Amendment of section 94 of Principal Act
44. Amendment of section 95 of Principal Act
45. Procedures to be followed by Board following report of mediator
46. Amendment of section 97 of Principal Act
47. Amendment of section 98 of Principal Act
48. Amendment of section 101 of Principal Act
49. Amendment of section 103 of Principal Act
50. Amendment of section 104 of Principal Act
51. Amendment of section 109 of Principal Act
52. Amendment of section 115 of Principal Act
53. Amendment of section 117 of Principal Act
54. Amendment of section 119 of Principal Act
55. Amendment of section 121 of Principal Act
56. Amendment of section 123 of Principal Act
57. Amendment of section 124 of Principal Act
58. Amendment of section 125 of Principal Act
60. Amendment of section 135 of Principal Act
61. Obligation to transmit deposit to Board
62. Amendment of section 136 of Principal Act
63. Amendment of section 139 of Principal Act
64. New sections 148A to 148Q inserted into Principal Act
65. Amendment of section 151 of Principal Act
66. Amendment of section 153 of Principal Act
67. Amendment of section 156 of Principal Act
68. Amendment of section 157 of Principal Act
69. Amendment of section 159 of Principal Act
70. Amendment of section 177 of Principal Act
71. Designated tenancy deposit account
72. Amendment of section 180 of Principal Act
73. Reports to Minister concerning determination of complaints under section 76A
Transfer of functions of Tribunal established under Act of 1983 to Board
76. Transfer of functions of Tribunal to Board
77. Amendment of section 151 of Principal Act for purposes of Part 4
78. Transfer of land and other property
79. Transfers of rights, liabilities, etc., of Tribunal
81. Provisions consequent on transfer of functions, etc.
82. Final accounts and final report
83. Expenses incurred by Minister
84. Repeal of certain provisions of Act of 1983
Miscellaneous
85. Amendment of section 84 of Act of 2009
86. Repeals and miscellaneous amendments
87. Amendment of section 6 of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992
Acts Referred to
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (No. 18)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22)
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 22)
Housing Acts 1966 to 2014
Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 (No. 2)
Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30)
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27)
Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 and 2009
Number 42 of 2015
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
REVISED
Updated to 31 May 2019
An Act to amend and extend the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 and 2009; to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; to provide for the application of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to certain dwellings that are the subject of a tenancy; to provide for the restriction, in respect of the tenants of such dwellings, of certain entitlements of tenants under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; to re-name the Private Residential Tenancies Board and the private residential tenancies register; to provide for the dissolution of the Rent Tribunal established under the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983 and for the transfer of its functions to the Residential Tenancies Board; to repeal certain provisions of the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act 1983; to provide for the Private Residential Tenancies Board to hold, and return, deposits paid by tenants to landlords, for any interest received from the holding of such deposits by the Private Residential Tenancies Board to be retained by it for its use in respect of its performance of its functions under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2015; to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992; in accordance with the exigencies of the common good, to provide, for a certain period, for the regulation of reviews of rent; to amend the periods of notice for the setting of new rents and the periods of notice for certain tenancy terminations; and to provide for related matters.
[4th December, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: