Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024

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Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act

4. (1) Section 58 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3)(c), by the insertion of “(but subject to subsection (4) where the tenancy is a tenancy referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3)” after “Part 4”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(4) Notwithstanding the application of subsection (3) to a tenancy referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3, such a tenancy shall also be construed as including a term enabling its termination by the tenant, by means of a notice of termination that complies with this Part, during the period beginning on 1 May and ending on 1 October in any year, whether or not there has been failure by the landlord to comply with any obligations of the tenancy.”.

(2) The amendments of section 58 of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) shall only apply to a tenancy created after the date of the commencement of subsection (1).