S.I. No. 362/2021 - Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (Prescribed Form) Regulations 2021

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th July, 2021.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 8 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004) (as adapted by the Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 408 of 2020 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (Prescribed Form) Regulations 2021.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 16 July 2021.

3. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (Prescribed Form)(No. 2) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2016 ) are amended by substituting for Schedule 1 the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

4. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (Prescribed Form) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 287 of 2019 ) are amended by substituting for Schedule 2 the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 July, 2021.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations prescribe:

- in Schedule 1, the notice to be served by a landlord or by his or her authorised agent on his or her tenant(s) for the purposes of a rent review under section 22 (2) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004).

- in Schedule 2, the notice to be served by a landlord on the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) for the purposes of section 19(5B) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004) where a landlord seeks to rely on an exemption from the Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) rent increase restriction in respect of a particular dwelling in a RPZ.