S.I. No. 358/2024 - Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 23rd July, 2024. | ||
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 (2) of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 22 of 2024), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024. | ||
2. The 19th day of July 2024 is appointed as the day on which the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 22 of 2024) shall come into operation. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
18 July, 2024. | ||
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.) | ||
This Order appoints 19 July 2024 as the date on which the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 shall come into operation. | ||
The Act amends the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide in the case of student specific accommodation tenancies/licences for arrangements to: | ||
• permit advance payment of rent exceeding an amount equivalent to one month’s rent, only where a person is paying both rent and tuition fees to the same relevant provider (i.e. a public or private education provider); | ||
• limit the duration of such a tenancy/licence, other than at the request of the prospective tenant/licensee, to not more than 41 weeks; | ||
• apply Residential Tenancies Board sanctions to ‘improper conduct’ by a landlord/licensor for exceeding that duration of 41 weeks; and | ||
• to enable a fixed term tenant/licensee of student specific accommodation to serve a notice of termination during the period from 1 May to 1 October, inclusive, in any year whether or not the landlord/licensor has failed to comply with any obligations of the tenancy/licence. |
