S.I. No. 631/2015 - Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2015.

1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2015.

2. The 1st day of January 2016 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015

(No. 42 of 2015) come into operation

(

a

) section 2;

(

b

) paragraph (

d

) of section 63, insofar as it relates to the insertion of subsection (7) into

section 139

of the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(No. 27 of 2004).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 December 2015.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of this commencement order is to bring into operation on 1 January 2016 paragraph (

d

) of section 63, in so far as it relates to the insertion of subsection (7) into

section 139

of the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

, relating to the updating of particulars on the PRTB tenancy registration form.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th January

, 2016.

I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(4) of the

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015

(No. 42 of 2015), hereby order as follows