Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026
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Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act | ||
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10. (1) The Principal Act is amended in section 22— | ||
(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “, and a copy of that notice is served on the Board on the same day on which the notice is served on the tenant,” after “subsection (2A)”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2A)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (c)(ii)— | ||
(I) by the substitution of “rent information contained in the published register in relation to dwellings” for “letting values of dwellings”, and | ||
(II) by the substitution of the following clause for clause (I): | ||
“(I) of a similar size (determined by reference to floor area), number of bedrooms, type, character, and (where applicable) BER, to the dwelling the subject of the tenancy, and”, | ||
(ii) in paragraph (d)— | ||
(I) by the substitution of “rent information contained in the published register and the number assigned under section 135(3) in respect of the most recent tenancy of each of 3 dwellings” for “amount of rent sought for 3 dwellings”, and | ||
(II) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i): | ||
“(i) of a similar size (determined by reference to floor area), number of bedrooms, type, character, and (where applicable) BER, to the dwelling the subject of the tenancy,”, | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (d): | ||
“(da) specify the floor area of the dwelling the subject of the tenancy, | ||
(db) where the dwelling the subject of the tenancy is a building to which the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 243 of 2012 ) apply, specify the BER in respect of that dwelling,”, | ||
(iv) in paragraph (f), by the deletion of “where the dwelling is in a rent pressure zone (within the meaning given in section 19(7)),”, | ||
(v) in paragraph (g), by the deletion of “where the dwelling is in a rent pressure zone (within the meaning given in section 19(7)) to which section 19(4) applies,”, | ||
(vi) by the deletion of subsection (2C), and | ||
(vii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
“(4) It shall be an offence for a landlord to set a rent pursuant to a review of the rent under a tenancy by serving notice of the rent on the tenant other than in accordance with the condition specified in subsection (2).”. | ||
(2) The amendments of section 22 of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) shall only apply in respect of a notice referred to in that section served after the date of commencement of subsection (1). |