Section 141 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Deletion from register of a tenancy
Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (RTA 2004) · PART 7 – Registration of Tenancies › Chapter 3 – Updating of register and enforcement of requirement to register
Revised Act prepared by the Law Reform Commission, updated to 1 March 2026. Amendments made after that date are not included.
(1)Where, in the opinion of the landlord of the dwelling, a dwelling in respect of which a tenancy has been registered in the register has ceased to be a dwelling to which this Act applies, the landlord shall notify in writing the Board of that opinion and the grounds for it.
(2)That notification shall be made within 1 month from the date that, in the opinion of the landlord, the cessation concerned occurred.
(3)Having considered the grounds stated in a notification made to it under subsection (1), the Board shall—
(a) if it is satisfied that the dwelling concerned is no longer a dwelling to which this Act applies, delete the entry in the register in respect of the dwelling and notify the landlord of that deletion, or
(b) if it is not satisfied that the dwelling is no longer a dwelling to which this Act applies, notify the landlord that it is not so satisfied.
(4)For the avoidance of doubt, no refund of the whole or part of the fee charged under section 134 in respect of the registration under this Part of the dwelling concerned may be made to the landlord in a case to which subsection (3)(a) applies.
(5)Despite the deletion, under subsection (3)(a), of the entry in the register in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling, the Board may, if it considers it appropriate to do so for the purpose of its functions under section 151, keep a record of all or any of the particulars in respect of that tenancy that were contained in the entry.
Provisions referred to
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Other provisions in this part
- Section 139Updating of particulars entered in the register
- Section 140Amendment of register by Board of its own volition
- Section 142Presumption in relation to date of commencement of tenancy
- Section 143Offence for furnishing false or misleading information
- Section 144Provision in aid of enforcement of registration requirements
- Section 144AEnforcement of requirement to update particulars
- Section 145Further provisions in aid of enforcement of registration requirements