Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015
Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act | ||
9. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4): | ||
“(5) This Part does not apply to a tenancy of the dwelling referred to in section 3(4) where— | ||
(a) the dwelling concerned is designated by the approved housing body for the use by it as a transitional dwelling, and | ||
(b) the consent of the public authority which— | ||
(i) is, in the case of a dwelling referred to in paragraph (a) of section 3(4), a party to the lease or contract referred to in section 3(2A), or | ||
(ii) provides, in the case of a dwelling referred to in paragraph (b) of section 3(4), the assistance referred to in that paragraph, | ||
has, in respect of the designation referred to in paragraph (a), been obtained by the approved housing body before it makes the designation. | ||
(6) In subsection (5) ‘transitional dwelling’ means a dwelling that an approved housing body leases for periods not exceeding 18 months for the purposes of the approved housing body concerned. | ||
(7) Where, before the coming into operation of section 3 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, an approved housing body had not, for the purposes of subsection (5), made a designation in respect of a dwelling referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 3(4) that it leases to a household referred to in subsection (2A) or (4)(b) of section 3 for a period not exceeding 18 months, the approved housing body concerned— | ||
(a) may designate that dwelling to be a transitional dwelling for the purposes of subsection (5) at any time during the period of 12 months commencing on the day on which section 3 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 comes into operation, and | ||
(b) shall notify the Minister of that designation not later than 3 months after it is made.”. |