Planning and Development Act 2024

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PART 25

Rent Pressure Zones

Amendment of Residential Tenancies Act 2004

634. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (6) of section 19, by the substitution of “if an order is made by the Minister under section 24A(5) or (6A)” for “if an order is made by the Minister under section 24A(5)”,

(b) in section 20—

(i) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “1 January 2026” for “1 January 2025”, and

(ii) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “31 December 2024”,

(c) in section 24A, by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (6):

“(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), the Minister may, with respect to a local electoral area that was amended in the manner referred to in that subsection, and on a recommendation from the Housing Agency made following consultation with the relevant housing authority, prescribe by order, any part of that local electoral area that was not, before the amendment of the local electoral area concerned, subject to an order under subsection (5) or a previous order under this subsection, as a rent pressure zone for a specified period commencing on the date of the coming into operation of the order and ending on a date not later than 31 December 2025.”,

(d) in section 24B—

(i) by the designation of that section as subsection (1),

(ii) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “31 December 2025” for “31 December 2024”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(2) With effect from the day following the passing of the Planning and Development Act 2024 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 24A, an order under subsection (5) of that section shall be deemed to have been made in respect of the local electoral area of Drogheda Rural and, accordingly, that area is deemed to be a rent pressure zone during the period commencing on the day following the passing of that Act and ending on 31 December 2025.”,

and

(e) by the substitution of the following for section 24C:

“24C. (1) Where a tenancy commenced before the relevant date (within the meaning of section 19(7)) or, where an order under section 24A(5) or (6A) applies to the area in which the tenancy is situated, before the date of the coming into operation of that order, and the area in which the tenancy is situated is in a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7), then—

(a) the first rent review after the relevant date or, where an order is made by the Minister under section 24A(5) or (6A) in respect of the area in which the dwelling is situate, the first rent review after the date of the coming into operation of that order, shall be carried out in accordance with section 20, and

(b) any subsequent rent review shall be carried out as if subsections (4) to (6) of section 20 had not been enacted.

(2) Where a tenancy commences on or after the relevant date (within the meaning of section 19(7)) or, where an order under section 24A(5) or (6A) applies to the area in which the tenancy is situated, on or after the date of the coming into operation of that order, and the area in which the tenancy is situated is in a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7), then any rent review after that date shall be carried out as if subsections (4) to (6) of section 20 had not been enacted.”.