Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019
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Amendment of Residential Tenancies Act 2004 | ||
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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 . |