Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026

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Amendment of section 34 of Principal Act

12. (1) Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of “Subject to sections 35A and 35B, a Part 4 tenancy” for “Subject to section 35A, a Part 4 tenancy”,

(b) in paragraph (a)—

(i) in subparagraph (ii)—

(I) in clause (I)—

(A) by the substitution of “paragraph 2” for “paragraph 2, 5 or 6”, and

(B) by the substitution of “paragraph,” for “paragraph, and”,

(II) in clause (II), by the substitution of “paragraph, and” for “paragraph,”, and

(III) by the insertion of the following clause after clause (II):

“(III) in the case of paragraph 5 or 6 of that Table, by the statement and the statutory declaration referred to in that paragraph,”,

and

(ii) in subparagraph (iii), by the substitution of “registered construction professional (within the meaning of the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 )” for “registered professional (within the meaning of the Building Control Act 2007 )”,

and

(c) in the Table—

(i) in paragraph 4—

(I) in subparagraph (a), by the deletion of “and” after clause (ii),

(II) in subparagraph (b)(ii), by the substitution of “of this Table, and” for “of this Table.”, and

(III) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) where the notice of termination is served by the landlord in respect of a relevant Part 4 tenancy (within the meaning of section 35B), specifying whether the termination date specified in the notice of termination falls before, on or after the expiry of a tenancy of minimum duration under the relevant Part 4 tenancy, and that on the date that the notice of termination is served—

(i) the landlord is not a company, and

(ii) the landlord is a landlord under not more than 3 tenancies of dwellings.”,

(ii) in paragraph 5, by the substitution of “by a statutory declaration referred to in section 35(10A) and a statement” for “by a statement”, and

(iii) in paragraph 6, by the substitution of “by a statutory declaration referred to in section 35(10A) and a statement” for “by a statement”.

(2) The amendments of section 34 of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) shall only apply in respect of a notice of termination referred to in that section of a tenancy to which that section applies created on or after 1 March 2026.