Updated to 10 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 474 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020
No. 7 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 | 1 August 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 other than s. 14 included in collectively cited Residential Tenancies Acts | s. 1(2) | ||
| Act, s. 14 included in collectively cited Valuation Acts | s. 1(3) | ||
| S. 4 service of notices provided | Residential Tenancies Act 2004, s. 6(1) as amended by Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021 (39/2021), s. 2 | 11 December 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Residential Tenancies Act 2004, s. 6(1) as amended by Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), ss. 1(3), 15(1) | 11 January 2021 | Commenced as per s. 1(3) | |
| S. 4 penalties for offences under | Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (27/2004), s. 9 as amended by Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), ss. 1(3), 15 | 11 January 2021 | Commenced as per s. 1(3) |
| S. 5(4) application restricted | Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 (27/2020), ss. 1(3), 12(2)(a), as amended by Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(d)(iv) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 14(1) amended | Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 (29/2022), ss. 77(a), (b), (c) | 24 July 2022 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |