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S.I. No. 286/1983 - Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Regulations, 1983.
2. In these Regulations "the Regulations of 1982" means the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Regulations, 1982 (
S.I. No. 217 of 1982
).
3. Article 5 of the Regulations of 1982 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words, ",within one month from the commencement of these Regulations,".
4. The following article is hereby substituted for article 7 of the Regulations of 1982—
"7. (1) Where, at any time after the commencement of these Regulations, a new rent for a dwelling has been agreed between the landlord and the tenant or has been fixed by the Court or by the Rent Tribunal established under
section 2
of the
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983
(No. 22 of 1983), the landlord shall, subject to sub-article (2), apply in writing to the housing authority on an application form (which shall be provided free of charge by a housing authority on request) to enter particulars of the new rent in the register and shall in such application give particulars of the following matters:—
(
a
) the new rent as agreed or fixed, and
(
b
) whether the new rent was agreed between the landlord and the tenant or was fixed by the Court or the Rent Tribunal as the case may be.
(2) The requirements of sub-article (1) shall not apply where the new rent has been fixed by the Court or the Rent Tribunal and is less than the existing rent for the dwelling."
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment
this 6th day of October, 1983.
DICK SPRING,
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The Regulations are required to amend the Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Regulations, 1982 (
S.I. No. 217 of 1982
) following the enactment of the
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) (Amendment) Act, 1983
(No. 22 of 1983) and the establishment of the Rent Tribunal thereunder.
S.I. No. 286 of 1983.
HOUSING (PRIVATE RENTED DWELLINGS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.
The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by
section 24
of the
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act, 1982
(No. 6 of 1982), hereby makes the following Regulations:—