Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025

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Amendment of section 24B of Principal Act

3. Section 24B of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “28 February 2026” for “31 December 2025”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “28 February 2026” for “31 December 2025”, and

(c) by the addition of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(3) With effect from the coming into operation of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 24A, an order under subsection (5) of that section shall be deemed to have been made in respect of each administrative area, or a part thereof, of a housing authority that was not, before the coming into operation of that Act, a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7) and, accordingly, each of those areas, or the part thereof, is deemed to be a rent pressure zone during the period commencing on the coming into operation of that Act and ending on 28 February 2026.”.