Section 116 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Determination may require sub-tenancy to be quitted in certain cases
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 6 – Dispute Resolution › Chapter 8 – Redress that may be granted under this Part
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
If—
(a) the determination of an adjudicator or the Tribunal includes a direction that a dwelling, the subject of a tenancy, be quitted by a specified date,
(b) that tenancy is one out of which a sub-tenancy has been created, and
(c) the landlord, when he or she served a notice of termination on the tenant in respect of that tenancy, required the tenant to terminate that sub-tenancy,
then the determination may include a direction requiring the subtenant to quit the dwelling by a specified date.
Other provisions in this part
- Section 115Redress that may be granted on foot of determination
- Section 117Redress of an interim nature may be granted
- Section 118Discretion to refuse direction for possession
- Section 119Certain directions to be given in the case of arrears of rent
- Section 120Circumstances of landlord or tenant not to be taken account of in certain cases