Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019

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Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019.

(2) The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2016 and this Act (other than section 38) may be cited together as the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2019 and shall be construed together as one.

(3) The Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2018 and section 38 may be cited together as the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2019.

(4) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

Annotations

Editorial Notes:

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Power pursuant to subs. (4) exercised (4.04.2022) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 167 of 2022).

2. The 4th day of April 2022 is appointed to be the day on which the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (No. 14 of 2019) shall, insofar as it is not already in operation, come into operation.

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Power pursuant to subs. (4) exercised (15.07.2019) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 354 of 2019).

2. The 15th day of July 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the following provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (No. 14 of 2019) shall come into operation:

(a) sections 3, 4, 5, 18 and 37;

(b) subparagraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 22;

(c) subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 23; and

(d) paragraph (a) (in so far only as it relates to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 137 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004)) and paragraph (c) (in so far only as it relates to paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of the said section 137) of subsection (1) of section 25.

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Power pursuant to subs. (4) exercised (1.07.2019) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 286 of 2019).

2. The 1st day of July 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the following provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (No. 14 of 2019) shall come into operation:

(a) sections 34, 35 and 38; and

(b) sections 6 and 28, in so far as they are not already in operation.

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Power pursuant to subs. (4) exercised (31.05.2019, 4.06.2019) by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 236 of 2019).

2. In this Order –

“Act of 2019” means the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 (No. 14 of 2019);

“Principal Act” means the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004)

3. (1) The 31st day of May 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2019 shall come into operation:

(a) sections 1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 36;

(b) section 28 (in so far only as it effects the insertion of sections 148R and 148AF of the Principal Act);

(c) paragraph (a) of section 29.

(2) The 4th day of June 2019 is appointed to be the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2019 shall come into operation:

(a) section 6 (other than paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (1)) and paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (1) of that section (in so far only as they effect the insertion of subsections (5A) and (6A) of section 19 of the Principal Act);

(b) sections 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 21;

(c) paragraph (a) of section 24.