Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024
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Amendment of section 19B of Principal Act | ||
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2. (1) Section 19B of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Payment shall not be sought from a person or a person shall not be required,” for “A person shall not be required,”, | ||
(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (3A) and notwithstanding” for “Notwithstanding”, | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
“(3A) An advance payment of rent may only be made in accordance with subsection (3) where the tenant is liable to pay both of the following to a single relevant provider: | ||
(a) tuition fees; | ||
(b) rent in respect of a tenancy.”, | ||
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(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5): | ||
“(6) In this section— | ||
‘landlord’ in addition to the meaning assigned to it by section 5, includes a person holding himself, herself or itself out to have a dwelling available for occupation under a tenancy; | ||
‘relevant provider’ has the meaning given to it by the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 ; | ||
‘tuition fees’ has the meaning given to it by the Student Support Act 2011 .”. | ||
(2) The amendments of section 19B of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) shall only apply to a tenancy created after the date of the commencement of subsection (1) or in respect of a dwelling held out after that date as being available for occupation under a tenancy. |