25. (1) The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1A) (inserted by paragraph (a) of section 3 of the Act of 2019) of section 3, by the substitution of “but does not apply to a dwelling” for “but does not include a dwelling”, and

(b) in subsection (5) of section 19, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) (inserted by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 6 of the Act of 2019):

“(a) to the rent first set under the tenancy of—

(i) a dwelling—

(I) in a protected structure or proposed protected structure within the meaning of the Planning and Development Act 2000, or

(II) that is such a structure,

provided that no tenancy in respect of that dwelling subsisted during the period of one year immediately preceding the date on which the tenancy concerned commenced, or

(ii) any other dwelling, provided that no tenancy in respect of that dwelling subsisted during the period of 2 years immediately preceding the date on which the tenancy concerned commenced,”.

(2) In this section, “Act of 2019” means the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019.