(LRC Revised)

Number 7 of 2020

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND VALUATION ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 24 July 2022

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an

administrative consolidation of the

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020

.

It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under

the

Law Reform Commission Act 1975

(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to

undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the

Planning and Development, Maritime and

Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022

(29/2022), enacted 24 July 2022, and all statutory

instruments up to and including the

Industrial Training (Sporting Grounds Industry)

Order 2022

(S.I. No. 405 of 2022), made 26 July 2022, were considered in the

preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

7

of

2020

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND

VALUATION ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 24 July 2022

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title and collective citations

2. Definitions

PART 2

Protection of Tenants During Emergency Period

3. Interpretation

4. Application of Part

5. Notices of termination served during emergency period

6. Prohibition on rent increases during emergency period

7. Service of declaration under section 4

PART 3

Miscellaneous

8. Proceedings before Tenancy Tribunal under Act of 2004

9. Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004

10. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 2004

11. Referral of notice of termination to adjudicator under Act of 2004

12. Amendment of section 67 of Act of 2004

13. Amendment of Act of 2020

14. Application of section 25 of Valuation Act 2001

Acts Referred to

Comhairle Act 2000

(No. 1)

Companies Act 2014

(No. 38)

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020

(No. 2)

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest)

Act 2020

(No. 1)

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019

(No. 14)

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

(No. 27)

Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2019

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

(No. 22)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

(No. 26)

Valuation Act 2001

(No. 13)

Valuation Acts 2001 to 2019

Number

7

of

2020

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND

VALUATION ACT 2020

REVISED

Updated to 24 July 2022

An Act to increase notice periods in

relation to notices of termination served on tenants during the period from the date

of the

passing of this Act to 10 January 2021 for failure to pay rent due and to prohibit

increases in rents on tenancies of dwellings during that period; to make provision

in

relation to the giving of notifications, and notices of termination, by landlords

to

tenants and the Residential Tenancies Board in relation to arrears of rent; to extend

the

period within which a valuation list in relation to the rating authority area of Dun

Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council shall be published; for those and other purposes,

to

amend the

Residential Tenancies Act 2004

, the

Emergency Measures in the Public

Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020

and the

Valuation Act 2001

; and to

provide for matters connected therewith. [1

st

August

, 2020]

WHEREAS the crisis occasioned by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 is causing

and will continue to cause significant harm to the economy of the State and has thus

far resulted in a substantial increase in the number of persons who have become unemployed;

WHEREAS the rise in unemployment among persons who reside in residential tenancy accommodation

has had an adverse impact on the ability of such persons to meet their obligations

to pay rent due, thereby presenting an imminent risk that a significant number of

residential tenancies will be terminated by landlords;

WHEREAS any significant increase in terminations of residential tenancies accommodation

by landlords increases the likelihood that the former occupants of such accommodation

would have great difficulty securing alternative accommodation which could cause acute

aggravation of difficulties in the residential accommodation sector including difficulties

relating to overcrowding, thereby presenting a substantial risk of spread of that

disease with a consequent need for measures to counter its spread that would likely

have further adverse economic consequences for the State;

WHEREAS the State has already taken significant measures to deal with the aforementioned

crisis including measures to support the economy that have required and continue to

require substantial disbursement and expenditure of public moneys; and

WHEREAS the Oireachtas has, with regard to

Part 2

and

section 13

of this Act, taken account of the matters referred to in the foregoing recitals.

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas

as follows

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title and collective citations

2. Definitions

PART 2

Protection of Tenants During Emergency Period

3. Interpretation

4. Application of Part

5. Notices of termination served during emergency period

6. Prohibition on rent increases during emergency period

7. Service of declaration under section 4

PART 3

Miscellaneous

8. Proceedings before Tenancy Tribunal under Act of 2004

9. Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004

10. Amendment of section 35 of Act of 2004

11. Referral of notice of termination to adjudicator under Act of 2004

12. Amendment of section 67 of Act of 2004

13. Amendment of Act of 2020

14. Application of section 25 of Valuation Act 2001

Number

7

of

2020