Updated to 5 December 2025 (Act No. 12 of 2025 and S.I. No. 587 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-8 | 19 December 2020 | Commenced on enactment |
| Ss. 9-16 | 11 January 2021 | Commenced as per s. 1(3) |
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.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act included in collectively cited Planning and Development Acts | 11/2021, s. 1(2) | 30 May 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| 27/2020, s. 1(2)(a) | 19 December 2020 | Commenced on enactment | |
| Act, s. 5 included in collectively cited Building Control Acts | S. 1(2)(b) | ||
| Act, s. 5 included in collectively cited Derelict sites Acts | S. 1(2)(c) | ||
| Act, part 3 (ss. 9-16) included in collectively cited Residential Tenancies Acts | 17/2021, s.19(3) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| 5/2021, s. 3(2) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 1(2)(d) | |||
| S. 9(1) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(a) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(a) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 10(6)(b) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(b) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(b) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 11(6)(b) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(c) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(c) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 12(1)(a) substituted | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(d)(i) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(1)(a)(ii) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(d)(i) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(1A) inserted | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(d)(ii) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(1A)(a) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(d)(ii) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(1A)(c)(i) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(d)(iii) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 12(2)(a) amended | Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (17/2021), s. 2(d)(iv) | 9 July 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
| Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(d)(iii) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment | |
| S. 16 amended | Residential Tenancies Act 2021 (5/2021), s. 1(e) | 30 March 2021 | Commenced on enactment |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |