Section 142 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 – Presumption in relation to date of commencement of 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.
In any proceedings under Part 6, it shall be presumed until the contrary is shown that the date stated in the register as the date on which the tenancy, the subject of the proceedings, commenced is the date on which that tenancy commenced.
Other provisions in this part
- Section 139Updating of particulars entered in the register
- Section 140Amendment of register by Board of its own volition
- Section 141Deletion from register of a 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