Updated to 9 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 426 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Residential Tenancies Act 2020
No. 17 of 2020
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act | 24 October 2020 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Residential Tenancies Acts | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 3(2) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020) | |||
| s. 5(2) | |||
| S. 3 termination date construed | Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 (34/2022), s. 4 | 29 October 2022 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(2) amended | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 2(a)(i) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3(6) deleted | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 2(a)(ii) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 4(3) inserted | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 2(b) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |