Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020

9.

Interpretation (Part 3)

9. (1) In this Part—

“Act of 2004” means the Residential Tenancies Act 2004;

“Act of 2005” means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005;

“emergency period” means the period from 11 January 2021 to F1[12 January 2022].

(2) In this Part—

(a) references to landlord shall be construed as including references to licensor within the meaning of section 37 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019,

(b) references to tenant shall be construed as including references to licensee within the meaning of the said section 37, and

(c) references to tenancy shall be construed as including references to licence within the meaning of the said section 37.

(3) A word or expression that is used in this Part and in the Act of 2004 shall have the meaning in this Part that it has in that Act.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F1

Substituted (9.07.2021) by Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(a), commenced on enactment.

Editorial Notes:

E1

Previous affecting provision: subs. (1) substituted (30.03.2021) by Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(a), commenced on enactment, substituted as per F-note above.