S.I. No. 361/2021 - Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021

1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021.

2. The 16th day of July 2021 is appointed as the day on which

section 6

of the

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021

(No.17 of 2021) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 July, 2021.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

.)

This Order appoints 16 July 2021 as the date on which

section 6

of the

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021

comes into operation.

Section 6 amends section 19 of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2021 to provide for changes to the manner of determining rent increase restrictions in rent pressure zones.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th July,

2021.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 19

(2) of the

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021

(No. 17 of 2021) hereby order as follows