S.I. No. 151/2016 - Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th April, 2016.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 (4) of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016.

2. The 7th day of April 2016 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015) come into operation:

(a) sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;

(b) paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of section 16;

(c) paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 17;

(d) sections 18, 19, 20 and 21;

(e) section 85.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

6 April 2016.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order appoints 7 April 2016 as the date on which specified provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 come into effect. The purpose of these provisions is to bring dwellings let by Approved Housing Bodies within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 , thereby extending the rights and obligations under the Residential Tenancies Acts to tenancies in the Approved Housing Body sector. These provisions also provide that the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) will be renamed as the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).