S.I. No. 505/2004 - Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004

1. This Order may be cited as

the Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(Commencement) Order 2004.

2. The 1st day of September, 2004 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of

the Residential Tenancies Act 2004

shall come into operation

(

a

) Part 1;

(

b

) Part 4;

(

c

) Part 5 (other than sections 71 and 72);

(

d

) Part 7;

(

e

) Part 8 (other than section 159(1));

(

f

) Part 9 (other than sections 182, 189, 190, paragraphs (

a

) and (

d

) of section 193, and subsections (4) and (5) of section 195); and

(

g

) the Schedule.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 5th day of August 2004.

MARTIN CULLEN

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order appoints the 1st September 2004 as the date on which those provisions of

the Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(No. 27 of 2004) dealing with security of tenure, tenancy terminations, registration of tenancies and the Private Residential Tenancies Board, together with preliminary and general provisions in Part 1 and some miscellaneous provisions in Part 9, will come into operation.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 505 of 2004

.

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 2004 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2004.

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 2

of the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(No. 27 of 2004), hereby orders as follows